Vontier (VNT) & The Competition Financial Survey

Vontier (NYSE:VNT) is one of 376 publicly-traded companies in the “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Vontier to similar businesses based on the strength of its earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Vontier and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vontier	0	3	4	0	2.57
Vontier Competitors	2059	7638	10469	670	2.47

Vontier presently has a consensus target price of $43.33, indicating a potential downside of 0.66%. As a group, “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies have a potential upside of 34.57%. Given Vontier’s peers higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Vontier has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Dividends

Vontier pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Vontier pays out 4.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies pay a dividend yield of 1.9% and pay out 79.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Volatility and Risk

Vontier has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vontier’s peers have a beta of -0.22, meaning that their average share price is 122% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vontier	11.27%	39.53%	11.74%
Vontier Competitors	-143.90%	-24.05%	-6.42%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

95.8% of Vontier shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.5% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Vontier shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.4% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Vontier and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vontier	$3.08 billion	$406.10 million	17.88
Vontier Competitors	$4.19 billion	$173.71 million	3.31

Vontier’s peers have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Vontier. Vontier is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Vontier beats its peers on 10 of the 15 factors compared.

Vontier Company Profile

Vontier Corporation (NYSE: VNT) is a global technology company serving the mobility, convenience retail and commercial transportation industries. Its products and services help businesses manage fueling and energy infrastructure, vehicle maintenance, payments and fleet operations. The company’s offerings include fuel dispensers and payment systems, fuel-management and tank-monitoring technology, fleet telematics, vehicle diagnostic equipment and tools, and software for electric-vehicle charging.