AMETEK, 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 AME and TMO diverge most: on debt / equity, AME reads 0.20 and TMO reads 0.87; on return on invested capital, AME reads 12.2% and TMO reads 6.5%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's AME price has a different growth bar priced in than TMO (+24.8% implied for AME vs +23.3% for TMO); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What AME's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). 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 | AME | TMO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $241.75 | $574.39 |
| Market cap | $55.6B | $213.1B |
| Sector | Scientific Instruments | Scientific Instruments |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +24.8% | +23.3% |
| P/E | 36.5 | 30.9 |
| P/B | 5.09 | 4.04 |
| P/S | 7.31 | 4.60 |
| EV/EBITDA | 23.9 | 27.4 |
| Revenue growth | +9.5% | +7.2% |
| Operating margin | 26.7% | 17.4% |
| Net margin | 20.1% | 15.0% |
| Return on equity | 14.0% | 13.2% |
| Return on assets | 9.4% | 6.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 12.2% | 6.5% |
| FCF yield | 3.1% | 3.4% |
| Dividend yield | 0.2% | 0.3% |
| Debt / equity | 0.20 | 0.87 |
| Current ratio | 1.14 | 1.55 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.68 | 7.33 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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