CLS vs. SANM, PLXS, TTMI, CTS, BHE, FLEX, JBL, QLYS, ALGM, and SMAR
Should you be buying Celestica stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Celestica include Sanmina (SANM), Plexus (PLXS), TTM Technologies (TTMI), CTS (CTS), Benchmark Electronics (BHE), Flex (FLEX), Jabil (JBL), Qualys (QLYS), Allegro MicroSystems (ALGM), and Smartsheet (SMAR). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Sanmina (NASDAQ:SANM) and Celestica (NYSE:CLS) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.
Sanmina has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Celestica has a beta of 2.25, suggesting that its stock price is 125% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Sanmina has higher revenue and earnings than Celestica. Sanmina is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Celestica, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sanmina received 95 more outperform votes than Celestica when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.22% of users gave Sanmina an outperform vote while only 55.75% of users gave Celestica an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Celestica had 8 more articles in the media than Sanmina. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Celestica and 12 mentions for Sanmina. Sanmina's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Celestica's score of 0.61 indicating that Celestica is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Celestica has a net margin of 3.86% compared to Celestica's net margin of 3.11%. Sanmina's return on equity of 18.25% beat Celestica's return on equity.
Sanmina currently has a consensus target price of $62.33, suggesting a potential downside of 6.95%. Celestica has a consensus target price of $44.56, suggesting a potential downside of 13.60%. Given Celestica's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Sanmina is more favorable than Celestica.
92.7% of Sanmina shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.4% of Celestica shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Sanmina shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Celestica shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Sanmina and Celestica tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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