IQVIA Holdings Inc. (IQV) vs Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (MTD)

IQVIA Holdings Inc. and Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. are both Diagnostics & Research companies. IQVIA Holdings Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $45.3B against $30.4B — 1.5× the size. IQVIA Holdings Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 33.3× against 33.9×. IQVIA Holdings Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 8.17% against 6.91%. Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. has the higher net margin (21.9% vs 8.10%) and the higher return on invested capital (35.4% vs 6.80%). Across the 22 metrics below, IQVIA Holdings Inc. leads on 14 and Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric IQV MTD Diagnostics & Research median
P/E 33.26 33.94 33.95
P/S 2.64 7.36 4.87
P/B 7.13 2,372.01 3.12
Price to free cash flow 19.88 35.21 34.02
EV/EBITDA 17.27 24.88 25.20
EV/Sales 3.46 7.86 5.66
Earnings yield 3.01% 2.95% (1.75%)
Free cash flow yield 5.03% 2.84% (0.13%)

Profitability

Metric IQV MTD Diagnostics & Research median
Gross margin 32.97% 60.26% 50.89%
Operating margin 12.95% 28.41% (8.57%)
Net margin 8.10% 21.91% (6.37%)
Free cash flow margin 13.30% 20.90% 0.00%
Return on equity 22.75% (736.36%) (2.92%)
Return on assets 4.70% 25.61% (6.71%)
Return on invested capital 6.80% 35.40% 0.00%

Growth

Metric IQV MTD Diagnostics & Research median
Revenue growth (TTM) 8.17% 6.91% 7.69%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 4.67% 3.88% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.50% 5.47% 7.40%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 37.27% 7.60% 0.00%

Health

Metric IQV MTD Diagnostics & Research median
Debt to equity 2.54 164.70 0.11
Current ratio 0.71 1.12 2.02
Net debt to EBITDA 4.06 1.68 0.78

Dividend

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

Size

Metric IQV MTD Diagnostics & Research median
Market cap 45.27b 30.44b 2.56b

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