Avantor (NYSE:AVTR – Get Free Report) and EssilorLuxottica Société anonyme (OTCMKTS:ESLOY – Get Free Report) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.
Profitability
This table compares Avantor and EssilorLuxottica Société anonyme’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
Avantor | 5.28% | 12.40% | 5.11% |
EssilorLuxottica Société anonyme | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Avantor and EssilorLuxottica Société anonyme, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
Avantor | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 2.80 |
EssilorLuxottica Société anonyme | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Risk and Volatility
Avantor has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EssilorLuxottica Société anonyme has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
95.1% of Avantor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of EssilorLuxottica Société anonyme shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Avantor shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Avantor and EssilorLuxottica Société anonyme”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
Avantor | $6.83 billion | 2.23 | $321.10 million | $0.39 | 57.51 |
EssilorLuxottica Société anonyme | $27.48 billion | 3.93 | $2.48 billion | N/A | N/A |
EssilorLuxottica Société anonyme has higher revenue and earnings than Avantor.
Summary
Avantor beats EssilorLuxottica Société anonyme on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Avantor
Avantor, Inc. engages in the provision of mission-critical products and services to customers in the biopharma, healthcare, education and government, advanced technologies, and applied materials industries in the Americas, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. The company offers materials and consumables, such as purity chemicals and reagents, lab products and supplies, formulated silicone materials, customized excipients, customized single-use assemblies, process chromatography resins and columns, analytical sample prep kits, education and microbiology products, clinical trial kits, peristaltic pumps, and fluid handling tips. It also provides equipment and instrumentation products, including filtration systems, virus inactivation systems, incubators, analytical instruments, evaporators, ultra-low-temperature freezers, biological safety cabinets, and critical environment supplies. In addition, the company offers services and specialty procurements comprising onsite lab and production, clinical, equipment, procurement and sourcing, and biopharmaceutical material scale-up and development services. Further, it provides scientific research support services, such as DNA extraction, bioreactor servicing, clinical and biorepository, and compound management services. The company was founded in 1904 and is headquartered in Radnor, Pennsylvania.
About EssilorLuxottica Société anonyme
EssilorLuxottica Société anonyme designs, manufactures, and distributes ophthalmic lenses, frames, and sunglasses in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, the Asia-Pacific, and North America. It operates through Professional Solutions and Direct to Consumer segments. The company offers lens under the Essilor, Varilux, Crizal, Eyezen, Stellest, Xperio, Transitions, Ray-Ban, Oakley, Barberini, KODAK Lens, Nikon, Shamir, eyexpert, iWear, Humanware, and Optifog brands. It also provides finishing equipment, vision performance screening, eye examination and refractions, fitting parameter measurements, and small tools and consumables under the Essilor Instruments brand; high-tech equipment for optical surfacing, polishing, measuring, coating, and finishing, as well as consumables, tools, and services under the Satisloh brand. In addition, the company provides eyewear products under the Ray-Ban, Oakley, Persol, Oliver Peoples, Vogue Eyewear, Arnette, Alain Mikli, Costa, Bliz, Native, Luxottica, Sferoflex, Bolon, Molsion, DbyD, and Unofficial and Seen, as well as other Licensed brands. In addition, the company designs, develops, markets, and maintains lens edging and mounting instruments for opticians and prescription laboratories; and optometry instruments for eyecare professionals, schools, occupational medicine centers, military, and other institutions. It wholesales its products to independent opticians, distributors, third-party e-commerce platforms, and large retail chains in the eyecare and eyewear industry; and sells directly to consumers through the network of brick and mortar retail network and its online channels. The company was formerly known as Essilor International Société Anonyme and changed its name to EssilorLuxottica Société anonyme in October 2018. EssilorLuxottica Société anonyme was founded in 1849 and is headquartered in Paris, France.
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