Agilent Technologies, Inc. (A) vs Guardant Health, Inc. (GH)

Agilent Technologies, Inc. and Guardant Health, Inc. are both Diagnostics & Research companies. Agilent Technologies, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $49.0B against $23.9B — 2.0× the size. Guardant Health, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Agilent Technologies, Inc. trades at 33.9×. Guardant Health, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 42.7% against 8.60%. Agilent Technologies, Inc. has the higher net margin (19.5% vs −38.3%) and the higher return on invested capital (11.1% vs −129.7%). Across the 18 metrics below, Agilent Technologies, Inc. leads on 10 and Guardant Health, Inc. on 8.