Head to Head Survey: Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) & Vontier (NYSE:VNT)

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) and Vontier (NYSE:VNT) are both technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Keysight Technologies and Vontier, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Keysight Technologies	0	2	11	1	2.93
Vontier	1	3	4	0	2.38

Keysight Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $401.42, suggesting a potential upside of 4.99%. Vontier has a consensus price target of $41.00, suggesting a potential upside of 27.14%. Given Vontier’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vontier is more favorable than Keysight Technologies.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Keysight Technologies and Vontier”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Keysight Technologies	$5.38 billion	12.11	$850.00 million	$7.28	52.52
Vontier	$3.08 billion	1.42	$406.10 million	$2.41	13.38

Keysight Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Vontier. Vontier is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Keysight Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Keysight Technologies and Vontier’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Keysight Technologies	19.08%	24.34%	13.10%
Vontier	11.34%	38.57%	11.30%

Volatility and Risk

Keysight Technologies has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vontier has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

84.6% of Keysight Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.8% of Vontier shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Keysight Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Vontier shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Keysight Technologies beats Vontier on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Keysight Technologies

Keysight Technologies, Inc. provides electronic design and test solutions to commercial communications, networking, aerospace, defense and government, automotive, energy, semiconductor, electronic, and education industries in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The company operates in two segments, Communications Solutions Group and Electronic Industrial Solutions Group. It offers electronic design automation (EDA) software; instrument measurement software, instrument workflow software, and software testing; digital multimeter, phase noise measurement, power meters and power sensors, counters, LCR meters and impedance measurement products, and electrometers; and spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers and exercisers, bit error ratio testers, noise figure analyzers, AC and DC power analyzers, materials test equipment, device current waveform analyzers, and curve tracers. The company also provides waveform and function generators, arbitrary waveform generators, DC power supplies, and DC electronic loads; wireless drive test, radio access and core network test, wireless analyzers, wireless network emulators, and over-the-air test; application and threat intelligence, cloud test, cyber training simulator, network test hardware, synthetic traffic generators, protocol and load test, network security test, and network modeling; bypass switches, clock synchronization, cloud visibility, network and application monitoring, network packet brokers, and network taps; and application-specific test systems, photonic test and measurement products, and MMIC millimeter-wave and microwave devices. In addition, it offers product support, technical support, installation, training, engineering, and integration services. The company sells its products through direct sales force, distributors, resellers, and manufacturer's representatives. Keysight Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1939 and is headquartered in Santa Rosa, California.

About Vontier

Vontier Corporation provides mobility ecosystem solutions worldwide. The company operates through Mobility Technologies, Repair Solutions, and Environmental and Fueling Solutions segments. The Mobility Technologies segment provides digitally equipment solutions for mobility ecosystem, such as point-of-sale and payment systems, workflow automation, telematics, data analytics, software platform, and integrated solutions for alternative fuel dispensing. The Repair Solutions segment manufactures and distributes vehicle repair tools, toolboxes, automotive diagnostic equipment and software through mobile franchise network. The Environmental and Fueling Solutions segment offers environmental, fueling hardware, software, and aftermarket solutions for fueling infrastructures. It also offers a range of solutions, including environmental sensors; fueling equipment; field payment hardware; point-of sale, workflow, and monitoring software; vehicle tracking and fleet management; software solutions for EV charging; and vehicle mechanics, and technicians equipment. The company markets its products and services to retail and commercial fueling, convenience store, and car wash operators; commercial vehicle repair businesses, fleet owners/operators and electric vehicle charging network operators, as well as direct sales personnel and independent distributors. It serves customers in North America, the Asia Pacific, Europe, and Latin America. Vontier Corporation was incorporated in 2019 and is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina.