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Agilent Technologies, Inc. (A) vs IQVIA Holdings Inc. (IQV)

Agilent Technologies, Inc. and IQVIA Holdings Inc. are both Diagnostics & Research companies. Agilent Technologies, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $48.4B against $43.7B — 1.1× the size. IQVIA Holdings Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 31.8× against 33.8×. IQVIA Holdings Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 8.85% against 8.60%. Agilent Technologies, Inc. has the higher net margin (19.5% vs 8.05%) and the higher return on invested capital (11.1% vs 6.79%). Across the 22 metrics below, IQVIA Holdings Inc. leads on 13 and Agilent Technologies, Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric A IQV Diagnostics & Research median
P/E 33.77 31.77 34.52
P/S 6.58 2.52 4.24
P/B 6.58 6.42 3.42
Price to free cash flow 38.20 20.96 33.51
EV/EBITDA 26.37 16.54 23.44
EV/Sales 6.83 3.31 5.18
Earnings yield 2.96% 3.15% (1.50%)
Free cash flow yield 2.62% 4.77% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric A IQV Diagnostics & Research median
Gross margin 53.83% 33.07% 48.32%
Operating margin 22.23% 12.82% (5.68%)
Net margin 19.53% 8.05% (4.10%)
Free cash flow margin 17.19% 12.01% 0.00%
Return on equity 20.97% 21.32% 0.00%
Return on assets 11.00% 4.71% (6.05%)
Return on invested capital 11.07% 6.79% 0.00%

Growth

Metric A IQV Diagnostics & Research median
Revenue growth (TTM) 8.60% 8.85% 8.99%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 3.16% 4.67% 20.36%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.41% 7.50% 7.30%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 12.63% 37.27% 0.00%

Health

Metric A IQV Diagnostics & Research median
Debt to equity 0.50 2.37 0.01
Current ratio 2.05 0.83 2.27
Net debt to EBITDA 0.71 4.06 0.68

Dividend

Metric A IQV Diagnostics & Research median
Dividend yield 0.59% — 0.67%
Payout ratio 0.20 — 0.20

Size

Metric A IQV Diagnostics & Research median
Market cap 48.43b 43.65b 2.22b

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