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Mettler-Toledo International (MTD) Competitors

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$1,179.58 -58.20 (-4.70%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

MTD vs. A, ILMN, WAT, TECH, BIO, CRL, BRKR, PACB, HBIO, and TMO

Should you be buying Mettler-Toledo International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mettler-Toledo International include Agilent Technologies (A), Illumina (ILMN), Waters (WAT), Bio-Techne (TECH), Bio-Rad Laboratories (BIO), Charles River Laboratories International (CRL), Bruker (BRKR), Pacific Biosciences of California (PACB), Harvard Bioscience (HBIO), and Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO). These companies are all part of the "life sciences tools & services" industry.

Mettler-Toledo International vs.

Mettler-Toledo International (NYSE:MTD) and Agilent Technologies (NYSE:A) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.

Mettler-Toledo International has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agilent Technologies has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Agilent Technologies has a net margin of 21.75% compared to Mettler-Toledo International's net margin of 21.15%. Agilent Technologies' return on equity of 25.26% beat Mettler-Toledo International's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Mettler-Toledo International21.15% -531.78% 24.79%
Agilent Technologies 21.75%25.26%14.00%

Agilent Technologies received 491 more outperform votes than Mettler-Toledo International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.25% of users gave Agilent Technologies an outperform vote while only 56.86% of users gave Mettler-Toledo International an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Mettler-Toledo InternationalOutperform Votes
369
56.86%
Underperform Votes
280
43.14%
Agilent TechnologiesOutperform Votes
860
71.25%
Underperform Votes
347
28.75%

Mettler-Toledo International currently has a consensus price target of $1,338.75, indicating a potential upside of 13.49%. Agilent Technologies has a consensus price target of $144.36, indicating a potential upside of 13.60%. Given Agilent Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Agilent Technologies is more favorable than Mettler-Toledo International.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Mettler-Toledo International
2 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.88
Agilent Technologies
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Mettler-Toledo International$3.76B6.62$788.78M$37.0931.80
Agilent Technologies$6.83B5.34$1.24B$4.8226.36

In the previous week, Mettler-Toledo International had 11 more articles in the media than Agilent Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Mettler-Toledo International and 14 mentions for Agilent Technologies. Agilent Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Mettler-Toledo International's score of 0.49 indicating that Agilent Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Mettler-Toledo International
13 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Agilent Technologies
11 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

95.1% of Mettler-Toledo International shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Mettler-Toledo International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Agilent Technologies beats Mettler-Toledo International on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MTD vs. The Competition

MetricMettler-Toledo InternationalAnalytical instruments IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$24.89B$5.09B$24.34B$19.83B
Dividend YieldN/A0.43%2.78%3.50%
P/E Ratio31.8023.89261.0241.76
Price / Sales6.624.263,369.2120.68
Price / Cash28.2644.9835.3321.65
Price / Book-161.372.166.824.66
Net Income$788.78M$515,312.50$675.56M$983.45M
7 Day Performance-9.96%-11.04%-2.20%-2.12%
1 Month Performance-15.90%-9.48%-0.11%-0.47%
1 Year Performance12.43%-16.15%17.87%24.69%

Mettler-Toledo International Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MTD
Mettler-Toledo International
4.0274 of 5 stars
$1,179.58
-4.7%
$1,338.75
+13.5%
+12.4%$24.89B$3.76B31.8017,300High Trading Volume
A
Agilent Technologies
4.7546 of 5 stars
$127.07
-2.4%
N/A+11.3%$36.51B$6.83B26.3618,100Short Interest ↑
Positive News
ILMN
Illumina
4.3615 of 5 stars
$135.05
-5.1%
N/A+41.9%$21.42B$4.50B-13.569,300Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
WAT
Waters
4.1617 of 5 stars
$358.46
-4.8%
N/A+34.7%$21.29B$2.96B34.207,900
TECH
Bio-Techne
4.8317 of 5 stars
$67.57
-6.9%
N/A+11.0%$10.74B$1.16B71.883,100Analyst Upgrade
High Trading Volume
BIO
Bio-Rad Laboratories
4.6947 of 5 stars
$320.31
-8.5%
N/A+5.2%$9.81B$2.58B-11.728,030Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
CRL
Charles River Laboratories International
4.7758 of 5 stars
$187.74
-4.7%
N/A-0.9%$9.60B$4.13B23.5021,800Insider Selling
Short Interest ↓
High Trading Volume
BRKR
Bruker
4.9939 of 5 stars
$51.30
-5.9%
N/A-16.5%$7.78B$2.96B24.669,707Short Interest ↓
PACB
Pacific Biosciences of California
2.1896 of 5 stars
$1.60
-14.0%
N/A-79.0%$436.81M$173.15M-1.09730Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
HBIO
Harvard Bioscience
1.2069 of 5 stars
$2.14
-6.6%
N/A-49.8%$93.35M$112.25M-6.48490Short Interest ↑
High Trading Volume
TMO
Thermo Fisher Scientific
4.9918 of 5 stars
$513.08
-3.7%
N/A+8.6%$196.25B$42.86B32.17122,000Insider Selling
Buyback Announcement
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume

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This page (NYSE:MTD) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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