CTS vs. IPGP, SANM, PLXS, TTMI, MRCY, BHE, MEI, PKE, NEON, and KTCC
Should you be buying CTS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CTS include IPG Photonics (IPGP), Sanmina (SANM), Plexus (PLXS), TTM Technologies (TTMI), Mercury Systems (MRCY), Benchmark Electronics (BHE), Methode Electronics (MEI), Park Aerospace (PKE), Neonode (NEON), and Key Tronic (KTCC). These companies are all part of the "electronic manufacturing services" industry.
IPG Photonics (NASDAQ:IPGP) and CTS (NYSE:CTS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
In the previous week, CTS had 9 more articles in the media than IPG Photonics. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for CTS and 8 mentions for IPG Photonics. CTS's average media sentiment score of 0.18 beat IPG Photonics' score of 0.15 indicating that IPG Photonics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
IPG Photonics presently has a consensus price target of $110.40, suggesting a potential upside of 29.73%. CTS has a consensus price target of $43.67, suggesting a potential downside of 18.37%. Given CTS's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe IPG Photonics is more favorable than CTS.
IPG Photonics has a net margin of 15.34% compared to IPG Photonics' net margin of 10.06%. IPG Photonics' return on equity of 12.39% beat CTS's return on equity.
IPG Photonics has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CTS has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
IPG Photonics has higher revenue and earnings than CTS. IPG Photonics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CTS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
IPG Photonics received 206 more outperform votes than CTS when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave CTS an outperform vote while only 66.33% of users gave IPG Photonics an outperform vote.
93.8% of IPG Photonics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.9% of CTS shares are held by institutional investors. 38.0% of IPG Photonics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of CTS shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
IPG Photonics beats CTS on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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