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 $48.4B against $33.6B — 1.4× the size. Agilent Technologies, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 33.8× against 37.6×. 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 14 and Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric A MTD Diagnostics & Research median
P/E 33.77 37.65 34.52
P/S 6.58 8.16 4.24
P/B 6.58 2,631.36 3.42
Price to free cash flow 38.20 39.06 33.51
EV/EBITDA 26.37 27.43 23.44
EV/Sales 6.83 8.66 5.18
Earnings yield 2.96% 2.66% (1.50%)
Free cash flow yield 2.62% 2.56% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric A MTD Diagnostics & Research median
Gross margin 53.83% 60.26% 48.32%
Operating margin 22.23% 28.41% (5.68%)
Net margin 19.53% 21.91% (4.10%)
Free cash flow margin 17.19% 20.90% 0.00%
Return on equity 20.97% (736.36%) 0.00%
Return on assets 11.00% 25.61% (6.05%)
Return on invested capital 11.07% 35.40% 0.00%

Growth

Metric A MTD Diagnostics & Research median
Revenue growth (TTM) 8.60% 6.91% 8.99%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 3.16% 3.88% 20.36%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.41% 5.47% 7.30%
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 0.01
Current ratio 2.05 1.12 2.27
Net debt to EBITDA 0.71 1.68 0.68

Dividend

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

Size

Metric A MTD Diagnostics & Research median
Market cap 48.43b 33.64b 2.22b

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