Agilent Technologies vs Illumina
A and ILMN side by side, both in laboratory apparatus and analytical, optical, measuring, and controlling instruments. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How A and ILMN compare
Agilent Technologies is the larger company, worth 1.4 times as much as Illumina ($49.3B against $35.6B).
On earnings, Agilent Technologies is cheaper: it trades at 34.5× trailing earnings, against 40.5× for Illumina.
Agilent Technologies grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (8.6% versus 5.8% for Illumina).
Illumina keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 19.7% compared with 19.5% at Agilent Technologies.
Agilent Technologies pays a dividend yielding 0.58%; Illumina does not pay one.
Agilent Technologies scores higher on the StockData Score (21 against 13 for Illumina), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | A | ILMN |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $49.3B | $35.6B |
| Share price | $174.87 | $235.99 |
| Change, 1 year | 22.1% | 148% |
| Change, 5 years | 11.8% | −41.7% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.04 | 1.35 |
| Employees | 18K | 52 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 21 (better) | 13 |
| Valuation score | 1 | 1 |
| Growth score | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Performance score | 6 (better) | 5 |
| Health score | 6 (better) | 4 |
| Dividend score | 4 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 34.5× (better) | 40.5× |
| P/S | 6.7× (better) | 7.9× |
| P/B | 6.7× (better) | 11.3× |
| EV/EBITDA | 25.1× (better) | 37.6× |
| P/FCF | 38.9× | 33.7× (better) |
| PEG | 11.43 | – |
| FCF yield | 2.6% | 3.0% (better) |
| Fair value | $149.03 | $191.74 |
| Margin of safety | −17.3% (better) | −23.1% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 8.6% (better) | 5.8% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 5.4% | 6.0% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 18.0% | 27.5% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 18.7% | 30.7% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 14.7% (better) | 4.1% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 53.8% | 67.9% (better) |
| Operating margin | 22.2% (better) | 21.2% |
| Net margin | 19.5% | 19.7% (better) |
| FCF margin | 17.2% | 23.3% (better) |
| Return on equity | 21.0% | 32.4% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 26.4% | 28.5% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.04 (better) | 0.57 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.76 | 0.47 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 15.5× (better) | 9.8× |
| Current ratio | 2.05 | 2.63 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 5.79 | 7.33 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 9 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.58% | – |
| Payout ratio | 19.9% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 10 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 6.6% | – |
| Buyback yield | 0.77% | 1.1% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 1.4% (better) | 1.1% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 92.8% | 104% |
| Held by insiders | 0.29% | 0.86% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$3.2M (better) | −$593M |
| Superinvestors holding | 3 (better) | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 1.9% | 6.3% |
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