Mirion Technologies (MIR) Competitors

Avantor (NYSE:AVTR) and Mirion Technologies (NYSE:MIR) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, valuation and risk.

Which has better earnings and valuation, AVTR or MIR?

Avantor has higher revenue and earnings than Mirion Technologies. Mirion Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Avantor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Avantor	$6.82B	2.12	$321.10M	$0.46	46.17
Mirion Technologies	$836.90M	4.93	-$96.90M	-$0.34	-52.21

Is AVTR or MIR more profitable?

Avantor has a net margin of 4.54% compared to Mirion Technologies' net margin of -7.84%. Avantor's return on equity of 12.24% beat Mirion Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Avantor	4.54%	12.24%	5.15%
Mirion Technologies	-7.84%	4.33%	2.52%

Which has more risk & volatility, AVTR or MIR?

Avantor has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mirion Technologies has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AVTR or MIR?

Avantor received 167 more outperform votes than Mirion Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 84.21% of users gave Mirion Technologies an outperform vote while only 65.36% of users gave Avantor an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Avantor	Outperform Votes 183 65.36%	Underperform Votes 97 34.64%
Mirion Technologies	Outperform Votes 16 84.21%	Underperform Votes 3 15.79%

Does the media favor AVTR or MIR?

In the previous week, Mirion Technologies had 8 more articles in the media than Avantor. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Mirion Technologies and 4 mentions for Avantor. Avantor's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Mirion Technologies' score of 0.83 indicating that Avantor is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Avantor	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Mirion Technologies	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate AVTR or MIR?

Avantor currently has a consensus price target of $27.69, indicating a potential upside of 30.38%. Mirion Technologies has a consensus price target of $19.25, indicating a potential upside of 8.45%. Given Avantor's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Avantor is more favorable than Mirion Technologies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Avantor	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.85
Mirion Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.40

Do insiders & institutionals believe in AVTR or MIR?

95.1% of Avantor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.5% of Mirion Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Avantor shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Mirion Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Avantor beats Mirion Technologies on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.