BHE vs. CTS, TTMI, PLXS, SANM, KE, NNDM, GOGO, DGII, MOMO, and HLIT
Should you be buying Benchmark Electronics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Benchmark Electronics include CTS (CTS), TTM Technologies (TTMI), Plexus (PLXS), Sanmina (SANM), Kimball Electronics (KE), Nano Dimension (NNDM), Gogo (GOGO), Digi International (DGII), Hello Group (MOMO), and Harmonic (HLIT). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Benchmark Electronics (NYSE:BHE) and CTS (NYSE:CTS) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking and risk.
CTS has a net margin of 11.00% compared to Benchmark Electronics' net margin of 2.27%. CTS's return on equity of 13.41% beat Benchmark Electronics' return on equity.
Benchmark Electronics pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. CTS pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Benchmark Electronics pays out 36.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CTS pays out 8.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Benchmark Electronics has higher revenue and earnings than CTS. Benchmark Electronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CTS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CTS received 26 more outperform votes than Benchmark Electronics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.60% of users gave CTS an outperform vote while only 58.93% of users gave Benchmark Electronics an outperform vote.
Benchmark Electronics has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CTS has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, CTS had 14 more articles in the media than Benchmark Electronics. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for CTS and 3 mentions for Benchmark Electronics. CTS's average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Benchmark Electronics' score of -0.33 indicating that CTS is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
92.3% of Benchmark Electronics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.9% of CTS shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Benchmark Electronics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of CTS shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Benchmark Electronics presently has a consensus price target of $31.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.15%. CTS has a consensus price target of $43.67, indicating a potential downside of 5.40%. Given Benchmark Electronics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Benchmark Electronics is more favorable than CTS.
Summary
CTS beats Benchmark Electronics on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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