ST vs. AVTR, RVTY, BIO.B, NVMI, VNT, CAMT, MIR, TXG, TRNS, and CTKB
Should you be buying Sensata Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sensata Technologies include Avantor (AVTR), Revvity (RVTY), Bio-Rad Laboratories (BIO.B), Nova (NVMI), Vontier (VNT), Camtek (CAMT), Mirion Technologies (MIR), 10x Genomics (TXG), Transcat (TRNS), and Cytek Biosciences (CTKB). These companies are all part of the "measuring and control equipment" industry.
Sensata Technologies vs.
Avantor (NYSE:AVTR) and Sensata Technologies (NYSE:ST) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking and media sentiment.
Avantor currently has a consensus price target of $27.38, indicating a potential upside of 23.68%. Sensata Technologies has a consensus price target of $39.58, indicating a potential upside of 39.30%. Given Sensata Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Sensata Technologies is more favorable than Avantor.
In the previous week, Avantor had 8 more articles in the media than Sensata Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Avantor and 9 mentions for Sensata Technologies. Avantor's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Sensata Technologies' score of 0.05 indicating that Avantor is being referred to more favorably in the media.
95.1% of Avantor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.4% of Sensata Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Avantor shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Sensata Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Avantor has a net margin of 4.54% compared to Sensata Technologies' net margin of -1.98%. Sensata Technologies' return on equity of 17.68% beat Avantor's return on equity.
Sensata Technologies received 262 more outperform votes than Avantor when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.12% of users gave Avantor an outperform vote while only 61.72% of users gave Sensata Technologies an outperform vote.
Avantor has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sensata Technologies has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Avantor has higher revenue and earnings than Sensata Technologies. Sensata Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Avantor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Avantor beats Sensata Technologies on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ST) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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