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 $44.6B against $32.8B — 1.4× the size. IQVIA Holdings Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 32.8× against 36.4×. 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 32.83 36.42 35.56
P/S 2.61 7.90 4.37
P/B 7.04 2,545.64 3.06
Price to free cash flow 19.62 37.78 35.76
EV/EBITDA 17.10 26.59 24.35
EV/Sales 3.43 8.40 5.51
Earnings yield 3.05% 2.75% (1.89%)
Free cash flow yield 5.10% 2.65% (0.15%)

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% 25.92%
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 0.70

Dividend

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

Size

Metric IQV MTD Diagnostics & Research median
Market cap 44.61b 32.84b 2.16b

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