Financial Contrast: Vontier (VNT) versus The Competition

Vontier (NYSE:VNT) is one of 260 public companies in the “Technology Services” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Vontier to related companies based on the strength of its profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation and earnings.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

95.8% of Vontier shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.7% of shares of all “Technology Services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Vontier shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 21.3% of shares of all “Technology Services” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Vontier and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vontier	0	2	5	0	2.71
Vontier Competitors	442	2051	4530	215	2.62

Vontier currently has a consensus target price of $44.83, suggesting a potential upside of 25.44%. As a group, “Technology Services” companies have a potential upside of 24.90%. Given Vontier’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Vontier is more favorable than its competitors.

Volatility & Risk

Vontier has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vontier’s competitors have a beta of -13.67, meaning that their average stock price is 1,467% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Vontier and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vontier	$2.98 billion	$422.20 million	14.53
Vontier Competitors	$1.19 billion	$31.94 million	-11.92

Vontier has higher revenue and earnings than its competitors. Vontier is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Vontier and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vontier	12.59%	41.99%	10.37%
Vontier Competitors	-370.26%	-109.60%	-21.85%

Dividends

Vontier pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Vontier pays out 4.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Technology Services” companies pay a dividend yield of 0.8% and pay out 20.3% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Vontier beats its competitors on 12 of the 15 factors compared.

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.