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 $33.6B against $20.6B — 1.6× the size. Guardant Health, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. trades at 37.6×. Guardant Health, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 41.7% against 6.91%. Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. has the higher net margin (21.9% vs −37.9%) and the higher return on invested capital (35.4% vs −25.7%). 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 37.65 34.52
P/S 16.20 8.16 4.24
P/B n/m 2,631.36 3.42
Price to free cash flow n/m 39.06 33.51
EV/EBITDA n/m 27.43 23.44
EV/Sales 16.55 8.66 5.18
Earnings yield (2.39%) 2.66% (1.50%)
Free cash flow yield (1.21%) 2.56% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric GH MTD Diagnostics & Research median
Gross margin 65.19% 60.26% 48.32%
Operating margin (39.41%) 28.41% (5.68%)
Net margin (37.93%) 21.91% (4.10%)
Free cash flow margin (18.15%) 20.90% 0.00%
Return on equity 153.90% (736.36%) 0.00%
Return on assets (30.68%) 25.61% (6.05%)
Return on invested capital (25.68%) 35.40% 0.00%

Growth

Metric GH MTD Diagnostics & Research median
Revenue growth (TTM) 41.69% 6.91% 8.99%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 6.74% 3.88% 20.36%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 27.92% 5.47% 7.30%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 7.60% 0.00%

Health

Metric GH MTD Diagnostics & Research median
Debt to equity (5.45) 164.70 0.01
Current ratio 3.60 1.12 2.27
Net debt to EBITDA (0.75) 1.68 0.68

Dividend

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

Size

Metric GH MTD Diagnostics & Research median
Market cap 20.59b 33.64b 2.22b

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