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 $43.7B against $33.6B — 1.3× the size. IQVIA Holdings Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 31.8× against 37.6×. IQVIA Holdings Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 8.85% against 6.91%. Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. has the higher net margin (21.9% vs 8.05%) and the higher return on invested capital (35.4% vs 6.79%). 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 31.77 37.65 34.52
P/S 2.52 8.16 4.24
P/B 6.42 2,631.36 3.42
Price to free cash flow 20.96 39.06 33.51
EV/EBITDA 16.54 27.43 23.44
EV/Sales 3.31 8.66 5.18
Earnings yield 3.15% 2.66% (1.50%)
Free cash flow yield 4.77% 2.56% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric IQV MTD Diagnostics & Research median
Gross margin 33.07% 60.26% 48.32%
Operating margin 12.82% 28.41% (5.68%)
Net margin 8.05% 21.91% (4.10%)
Free cash flow margin 12.01% 20.90% 0.00%
Return on equity 21.32% (736.36%) 0.00%
Return on assets 4.71% 25.61% (6.05%)
Return on invested capital 6.79% 35.40% 0.00%

Growth

Metric IQV MTD Diagnostics & Research median
Revenue growth (TTM) 8.85% 6.91% 8.99%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 4.67% 3.88% 20.36%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.50% 5.47% 7.30%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 37.27% 7.60% 0.00%

Health

Metric IQV MTD Diagnostics & Research median
Debt to equity 2.37 164.70 0.01
Current ratio 0.83 1.12 2.27
Net debt to EBITDA 4.06 1.68 0.68

Dividend

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

Size

Metric IQV MTD Diagnostics & Research median
Market cap 43.65b 33.64b 2.22b

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