Guardant Health, Inc. (GH) vs Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (MTD)

Guardant Health, Inc. and Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. are both Diagnostics & Research companies. Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $32.8B against $22.3B — 1.5× the size. Guardant Health, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. trades at 36.4×. Guardant Health, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 42.7% against 6.91%. Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. has the higher net margin (21.9% vs −38.3%) and the higher return on invested capital (35.4% vs −129.7%). Across the 18 metrics below, Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. leads on 10 and Guardant Health, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric GH MTD Diagnostics & Research median
P/E n/m 36.42 35.56
P/S 17.78 7.90 4.37
P/B n/m 2,545.64 3.06
Price to free cash flow n/m 37.78 35.76
EV/EBITDA n/m 26.59 24.35
EV/Sales 18.16 8.40 5.51
Earnings yield (2.20%) 2.75% (1.89%)
Free cash flow yield (1.23%) 2.65% (0.15%)

Profitability

Metric GH MTD Diagnostics & Research median
Gross margin 65.01% 60.26% 50.89%
Operating margin (39.75%) 28.41% (8.57%)
Net margin (38.33%) 21.91% (6.37%)
Free cash flow margin (20.35%) 20.90% 0.00%
Return on equity 171.64% (736.36%) (2.92%)
Return on assets (27.95%) 25.61% (6.71%)
Return on invested capital (129.70%) 35.40% 0.00%

Growth

Metric GH MTD Diagnostics & Research median
Revenue growth (TTM) 42.74% 6.91% 7.69%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 6.74% 3.88% 25.92%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 27.92% 5.47% 7.40%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 7.60% 0.00%

Health

Metric GH MTD Diagnostics & Research median
Debt to equity (6.74) 164.70 0.11
Current ratio 4.03 1.12 2.02
Net debt to EBITDA (0.75) 1.68 0.70

Dividend

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

Size

Metric GH MTD Diagnostics & Research median
Market cap 22.26b 32.84b 2.16b

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