Vontier (VNT) Competitors

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

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 0.5%. Vontier pays out 3.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Teradyne pays out 15.2% 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.

Is VNT or TER more profitable?

Teradyne has a net margin of 18.75% compared to Vontier's net margin of 13.54%. Vontier's return on equity of 45.48% beat Teradyne's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vontier	13.54%	45.48%	10.49%
Teradyne	18.75%	18.56%	13.91%

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

Which has more risk & volatility, VNT or TER?

Vontier has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teradyne has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, 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	$3.10B	1.85	$376.90M	$2.61	14.59
Teradyne	$2.74B	6.10	$448.75M	$3.15	32.57

Does the media favor VNT or TER?

In the previous week, Teradyne had 9 more articles in the media than Vontier. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Teradyne and 12 mentions for Vontier. Teradyne's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Vontier's score of 1.16 indicating that Teradyne is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Vontier	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Teradyne	12 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor VNT or TER?

Teradyne received 30 more outperform votes than Vontier when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 48.72% of users gave Vontier an outperform vote while only 43.87% of users gave Teradyne an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vontier	Outperform Votes 38 48.72%	Underperform Votes 40 51.28%
Teradyne	Outperform Votes 68 43.87%	Underperform Votes 87 56.13%

Do analysts recommend VNT or TER?

Vontier currently has a consensus price target of $44.50, suggesting a potential upside of 16.86%. Teradyne has a consensus price target of $142.62, suggesting a potential upside of 39.03%. Given Teradyne's higher possible 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)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63
Teradyne	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Summary

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