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Agilent Technologies, Inc. (A) vs Natera, Inc. (NTRA)

Agilent Technologies, Inc. and Natera, Inc. are both Diagnostics & Research companies. Natera, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $58.4B against $49.5B — 1.2× the size. Natera, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Agilent Technologies, Inc. trades at 34.0×. Natera, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 37.8% against 8.60%. Agilent Technologies, Inc. has the higher net margin (19.5% vs −7.11%) and the higher return on invested capital (11.1% vs −22.3%). Across the 20 metrics below, Agilent Technologies, Inc. leads on 15 and Natera, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric A NTRA Diagnostics & Research median
P/E 33.98 n/m 35.56
P/S 6.62 20.75 4.37
P/B 6.62 30.83 3.06
Price to free cash flow 38.44 667.04 35.76
EV/EBITDA 26.52 n/m 24.35
EV/Sales 6.87 20.48 5.51
Earnings yield 2.94% (0.35%) (1.89%)
Free cash flow yield 2.60% 0.15% (0.15%)

Profitability

Metric A NTRA Diagnostics & Research median
Gross margin 53.83% 65.23% 50.89%
Operating margin 22.23% (10.70%) (8.57%)
Net margin 19.53% (7.11%) (6.37%)
Free cash flow margin 17.19% 3.11% 0.00%
Return on equity 20.97% (12.54%) (2.92%)
Return on assets 11.00% (8.71%) (6.71%)
Return on invested capital 11.07% (22.34%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric A NTRA Diagnostics & Research median
Revenue growth (TTM) 8.60% 37.82% 7.69%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 3.16% 0.65% 25.92%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.41% 42.61% 7.40%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 12.63% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric A NTRA Diagnostics & Research median
Debt to equity 0.50 0.04 0.11
Current ratio 2.05 3.00 2.02
Net debt to EBITDA 0.71 3.74 0.70

Dividend

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

Size

Metric A NTRA Diagnostics & Research median
Market cap 49.49b 58.35b 2.16b

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