Vontier (VNT) Competitors

Vontier (NYSE:VNT) and Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Which has more risk and volatility, VNT or TER?

Vontier has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teradyne has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend VNT or TER?

Vontier currently has a consensus target price of $43.17, suggesting a potential upside of 44.61%. Teradyne has a consensus target price of $121.44, suggesting a potential upside of 72.30%. Given Teradyne's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Teradyne is more favorable than Vontier.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vontier	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Teradyne	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Is VNT or TER more profitable?

Teradyne has a net margin of 19.23% compared to Vontier's net margin of 14.17%. Vontier's return on equity of 43.22% beat Teradyne's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vontier	14.17%	43.22%	10.38%
Teradyne	19.23%	19.08%	14.47%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VNT or TER?

Teradyne received 39 more outperform votes than Vontier when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 52.87% of users gave Vontier an outperform vote while only 47.75% of users gave Teradyne an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vontier	Outperform Votes 46 52.87%	Underperform Votes 41 47.13%
Teradyne	Outperform Votes 85 47.75%	Underperform Votes 93 52.25%

Is VNT or TER a better dividend stock?

Vontier pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Teradyne pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Vontier pays out 3.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Teradyne pays out 14.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, VNT or TER?

Teradyne has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Vontier. Vontier is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Teradyne, 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
Vontier	$2.98B	1.49	$422.20M	$2.75	10.85
Teradyne	$2.82B	4.02	$542.37M	$3.33	21.17

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in VNT or TER?

95.8% of Vontier shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.8% of Teradyne shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Vontier shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Teradyne shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to VNT or TER?

In the previous week, Vontier and Vontier both had 20 articles in the media. Teradyne's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Vontier's score of 1.15 indicating that Teradyne is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Vontier	15 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Teradyne	16 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Teradyne beats Vontier on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.