AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. vs THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC., two Scientific Instruments stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where A and TMO diverge most: on dividend yield, A reads 0.7% and TMO reads 0.3%; on return on invested capital, A reads 12.3% and TMO reads 6.5%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What TMO's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | A | TMO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $138.35 | $574.39 |
| Market cap | $39.2B | $213.1B |
| Sector | Scientific Instruments | Scientific Instruments |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +23.3% |
| P/E | 27.8 | 30.9 |
| P/B | 5.50 | 4.04 |
| P/S | 5.41 | 4.60 |
| EV/EBITDA | 25.1 | 27.4 |
| Revenue growth | +9.1% | +7.2% |
| Operating margin | 21.7% | 17.4% |
| Net margin | 19.6% | 15.0% |
| Return on equity | 19.9% | 13.2% |
| Return on assets | 10.8% | 6.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 12.3% | 6.5% |
| FCF yield | 2.8% | 3.4% |
| Dividend yield | 0.7% | 0.3% |
| Debt / equity | 0.47 | 0.87 |
| Current ratio | 2.10 | 1.55 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 5.02 | 7.33 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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