Agilent Technologies, Inc. (A) vs Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (MTD)

Agilent Technologies, Inc. and Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. are both Diagnostics & Research companies. Agilent Technologies, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $49.5B against $32.8B — 1.5× the size. Agilent Technologies, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 34.0× against 36.4×. Agilent Technologies, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 8.60% against 6.91%. Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. has the higher net margin (21.9% vs 19.5%) and the higher return on invested capital (35.4% vs 11.1%). Across the 22 metrics below, Agilent Technologies, Inc. leads on 12 and Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. on 10.

Valuation

Metric A MTD Diagnostics & Research median
P/E 33.98 36.42 35.56
P/S 6.62 7.90 4.37
P/B 6.62 2,545.64 3.06
Price to free cash flow 38.44 37.78 35.76
EV/EBITDA 26.52 26.59 24.35
EV/Sales 6.87 8.40 5.51
Earnings yield 2.94% 2.75% (1.89%)
Free cash flow yield 2.60% 2.65% (0.15%)

Profitability

Metric A MTD Diagnostics & Research median
Gross margin 53.83% 60.26% 50.89%
Operating margin 22.23% 28.41% (8.57%)
Net margin 19.53% 21.91% (6.37%)
Free cash flow margin 17.19% 20.90% 0.00%
Return on equity 20.97% (736.36%) (2.92%)
Return on assets 11.00% 25.61% (6.71%)
Return on invested capital 11.07% 35.40% 0.00%

Growth

Metric A MTD Diagnostics & Research median
Revenue growth (TTM) 8.60% 6.91% 7.69%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 3.16% 3.88% 25.92%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.41% 5.47% 7.40%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 12.63% 7.60% 0.00%

Health

Metric A MTD Diagnostics & Research median
Debt to equity 0.50 164.70 0.11
Current ratio 2.05 1.12 2.02
Net debt to EBITDA 0.71 1.68 0.70

Dividend

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

Size

Metric A MTD Diagnostics & Research median
Market cap 49.49b 32.84b 2.16b

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