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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 $49.5B against $44.6B — 1.1× the size. IQVIA Holdings Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 32.8× against 34.0×. Agilent Technologies, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 8.60% against 8.17%. Agilent Technologies, Inc. has the higher net margin (19.5% vs 8.10%) and the higher return on invested capital (11.1% vs 6.80%). Across the 22 metrics below, Agilent Technologies, Inc. leads on 11 and IQVIA Holdings Inc. on 11.

Valuation

Metric A IQV Diagnostics & Research median
P/E 33.98 32.83 35.56
P/S 6.62 2.61 4.37
P/B 6.62 7.04 3.06
Price to free cash flow 38.44 19.62 35.76
EV/EBITDA 26.52 17.10 24.35
EV/Sales 6.87 3.43 5.51
Earnings yield 2.94% 3.05% (1.89%)
Free cash flow yield 2.60% 5.10% (0.15%)

Profitability

Metric A IQV Diagnostics & Research median
Gross margin 53.83% 32.97% 50.89%
Operating margin 22.23% 12.95% (8.57%)
Net margin 19.53% 8.10% (6.37%)
Free cash flow margin 17.19% 13.30% 0.00%
Return on equity 20.97% 22.75% (2.92%)
Return on assets 11.00% 4.70% (6.71%)
Return on invested capital 11.07% 6.80% 0.00%

Growth

Metric A IQV Diagnostics & Research median
Revenue growth (TTM) 8.60% 8.17% 7.69%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 3.16% 4.67% 25.92%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.41% 7.50% 7.40%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 12.63% 37.27% 0.00%

Health

Metric A IQV Diagnostics & Research median
Debt to equity 0.50 2.54 0.11
Current ratio 2.05 0.71 2.02
Net debt to EBITDA 0.71 4.06 0.70

Dividend

Metric A IQV Diagnostics & Research median
Dividend yield 0.59% — 0.66%
Payout ratio 0.20 — 0.20

Size

Metric A IQV Diagnostics & Research median
Market cap 49.49b 44.61b 2.16b

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