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 $30.4B against $23.9B — 1.3× the size. Guardant Health, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. trades at 33.9×. 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 33.94 33.95
P/S 19.91 7.36 4.87
P/B n/m 2,372.01 3.12
Price to free cash flow n/m 35.21 34.02
EV/EBITDA n/m 24.88 25.20
EV/Sales 20.29 7.86 5.66
Earnings yield (1.97%) 2.95% (1.75%)
Free cash flow yield (1.10%) 2.84% (0.13%)

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% —
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 0.78

Dividend

Metric GH MTD Diagnostics & Research median
Dividend yield — — 0.70%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric GH MTD Diagnostics & Research median
Market cap 23.94b 30.44b 2.56b

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