TEL vs. SMCI, MCHP, ADSK, DDOG, AME, A, TTD, FTNT, CARR, and SNOW
Should you be buying TE Connectivity stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TE Connectivity include Super Micro Computer (SMCI), Microchip Technology (MCHP), Autodesk (ADSK), Datadog (DDOG), AMETEK (AME), Agilent Technologies (A), Trade Desk (TTD), Fortinet (FTNT), Carrier Global (CARR), and Snowflake (SNOW). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ:SMCI) and TE Connectivity (NYSE:TEL) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings and risk.
Super Micro Computer presently has a consensus price target of $949.85, indicating a potential upside of 10.78%. TE Connectivity has a consensus price target of $153.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.48%. Given TE Connectivity's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Super Micro Computer is more favorable than TE Connectivity.
In the previous week, Super Micro Computer had 45 more articles in the media than TE Connectivity. MarketBeat recorded 74 mentions for Super Micro Computer and 29 mentions for TE Connectivity. Super Micro Computer's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat TE Connectivity's score of 0.74 indicating that TE Connectivity is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
TE Connectivity received 583 more outperform votes than Super Micro Computer when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.25% of users gave TE Connectivity an outperform vote while only 42.50% of users gave Super Micro Computer an outperform vote.
84.1% of Super Micro Computer shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.4% of TE Connectivity shares are held by institutional investors. 17.6% of Super Micro Computer shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of TE Connectivity shares are held by company 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.
TE Connectivity has a net margin of 21.63% compared to TE Connectivity's net margin of 7.92%. TE Connectivity's return on equity of 32.34% beat Super Micro Computer's return on equity.
TE Connectivity has higher revenue and earnings than Super Micro Computer. TE Connectivity is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Super Micro Computer, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Super Micro Computer has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TE Connectivity has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Super Micro Computer beats TE Connectivity on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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