AMETEK, Inc. vs KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC., two Scientific Instruments stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where AME and KEYS diverge most: on debt / equity, AME reads 0.20 and KEYS reads 0.51; on ev/ebitda, AME reads 23.9 and KEYS reads 49.0. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What AME's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What KEYS's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | AME | KEYS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $241.75 | $319.33 |
| Market cap | $55.6B | $55.2B |
| Sector | Scientific Instruments | Scientific Instruments |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +24.8% | — |
| P/E | 36.5 | 52.4 |
| P/B | 5.09 | 8.73 |
| P/S | 7.31 | 9.07 |
| EV/EBITDA | 23.9 | 49.0 |
| Revenue growth | +9.5% | +19.0% |
| Operating margin | 26.7% | 23.7% |
| Net margin | 20.1% | 17.3% |
| Return on equity | 14.0% | 16.6% |
| Return on assets | 9.4% | 9.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 12.2% | 9.7% |
| FCF yield | 3.1% | 2.5% |
| Dividend yield | 0.2% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.20 | 0.51 |
| Current ratio | 1.14 | 1.90 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.68 | 7.80 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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