Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA (NYSE:FMS – Get Free Report) and Mettler-Toledo International (NYSE:MTD – Get Free Report) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
8.4% of Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.1% of Mettler-Toledo International shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Mettler-Toledo International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings for Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA and Mettler-Toledo International, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.44 |
| Mettler-Toledo International | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2.46 |
Profitability
This table compares Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA and Mettler-Toledo International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA | 4.88% | 8.90% | 4.05% |
| Mettler-Toledo International | 21.40% | -622.80% | 24.97% |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA and Mettler-Toledo International”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA | $22.20 billion | 0.51 | $1.11 billion | $1.90 | 11.00 |
| Mettler-Toledo International | $4.03 billion | 5.87 | $869.19 million | $42.64 | 27.43 |
Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA has higher revenue and earnings than Mettler-Toledo International. Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mettler-Toledo International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Volatility and Risk
Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mettler-Toledo International has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Mettler-Toledo International beats Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA
Fresenius Medical Care AG provides dialysis and related services for individuals with renal diseases in Germany, North America, and internationally. The company offers dialysis treatment and related laboratory and diagnostic services through a network of outpatient dialysis clinics; materials, training, and patient support services comprising clinical monitoring, follow-up assistance, and arranging for delivery of the supplies to the patient's residence; and dialysis services under contract to hospitals in the United States for the hospitalized end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients and for patients suffering from acute kidney failure. It also develops, manufactures, and distributes various health care products, including polysulfone dialyzers, hemodialysis machines, peritoneal dialysis cyclers, peritoneal dialysis solutions, hemodialysis concentrates, solutions and granulates, bloodlines, renal pharmaceuticals, systems for water treatment, and acute cardiopulmonary and apheresis products. In addition, the company develops, acquires, and in-licenses renal pharmaceuticals; offers renal medications and supplies to patients at homes or to dialysis clinics; and provides vascular, cardiovascular, endovascular specialty, vascular care ambulatory surgery center, and physician nephrology and cardiology services. The company sells its products to dialysis clinics, hospitals, and specialized treatment clinics directly, as well as through local sales forces, independent distributors, dealers, and sales agents. Fresenius Medical Care AG was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Bad Homburg, Germany.
About Mettler-Toledo International
Mettler-Toledo International Inc. manufactures and supplies precision instruments and services in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and internationally. It operates through five segments: U.S. Operations, Swiss Operations, Western European Operations, Chinese Operations, and Other. The company’s laboratory instruments include laboratory balances, liquid pipetting solutions, automated laboratory reactors, real-time analytics, titrators, pH meters, process analytics sensors and analyzer technologies, physical value analyzers, density and refractometry, thermal analysis systems, and other analytical instruments; and LabX, a laboratory software platform to manage and analyze data generated from its instruments. Its industrial instruments comprise industrial weighing instruments and related terminals, automatic dimensional measurement and data capture solutions, vehicle scale systems, industrial software, metal detection equipment, x-ray systems, check weighing equipment, camera-based imaging equipment, track-and-trace solutions, and product inspection systems. The company’s retail weighing solutions consist of weighing and software solutions, AI-driven image recognition solution, and automated packaging and labelling solutions for the meat backroom. It serves the life science industry, independent research organizations, and testing labs; food and beverage manufacturers; food retailers; chemical, specialty chemical, and cosmetics companies; food retailers; transportation and logistics, metals, and electronics industries; and the academic community through its direct sales force and indirect distribution channels. Mettler-Toledo International Inc. was incorporated in 1991 and is based in Columbus, Ohio.
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