Vontier (NYSE:VNT – Get Free Report) and Knowles (NYSE:KN – Get Free Report) are both mid-cap technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Vontier and Knowles, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Vontier | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2.38 |
| Knowles | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2.60 |
Vontier currently has a consensus target price of $41.00, indicating a potential upside of 26.13%. Knowles has a consensus target price of $40.67, indicating a potential upside of 10.92%. Given Vontier’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Vontier is more favorable than Knowles.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
Risk & Volatility
Vontier has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Knowles has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Vontier and Knowles’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Vontier | 11.34% | 38.57% | 11.30% |
| Knowles | 10.63% | 11.45% | 8.33% |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Vontier and Knowles”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Vontier | $3.08 billion | 1.43 | $406.10 million | $2.41 | 13.49 |
| Knowles | $593.20 million | 5.28 | $44.20 million | $0.77 | 47.61 |
Vontier has higher revenue and earnings than Knowles. Vontier is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Knowles, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Vontier beats Knowles on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
About Knowles
Knowles Corporation offers capacitors, radio frequency (RF) filtering products, balanced armature speakers, micro-acoustic microphones, and audio solutions in Asia, the United States, Europe, other Americas, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Precision Devices (PD); Medtech & Specialty Audio (MSA); and Consumer MEMS Microphones (CMM). The PD segment designs and delivers film, electrolytic, and mica capacitor products for use in power supplies and medical implants; electromagnetic interference filters; and RF filtering solutions for use in satellite communications and radar systems for defense applications. The MSA segment designs and manufactures balanced armature speakers and microphones for the hearing health, audio, and True Wireless Stereo (TWS) markets. The CMM segment designs and manufactures micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) microphones and audio solutions used in applications that serve the ear, mobile, TWS, Internet of Things, computing, and smartphones markets. The company serves the defense, medtech, electric vehicle, industrial, communications, and consumer electronics markets through original equipment manufacturers, their contract manufacturers, suppliers, sales representatives, and distributors. Knowles Corporation was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Itasca, Illinois.
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