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.
CTS (NYSE:CTS) and IPG Photonics (NASDAQ:IPGP) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation and profitability.
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.
IPG Photonics has a net margin of 15.34% compared to CTS's net margin of 10.06%. CTS's return on equity of 12.39% beat IPG Photonics' return on equity.
CTS has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IPG Photonics has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, CTS had 9 more articles in the media than IPG Photonics. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for CTS and 7 mentions for IPG Photonics. IPG Photonics' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat CTS's score of 0.13 indicating that IPG Photonics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
96.9% of CTS shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.8% of IPG Photonics shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of CTS shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 38.0% of IPG Photonics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
CTS currently has a consensus price target of $43.67, indicating a potential downside of 17.53%. IPG Photonics has a consensus price target of $110.40, indicating a potential upside of 27.29%. Given IPG Photonics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe IPG Photonics is more favorable than CTS.
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.
Summary
IPG Photonics beats CTS on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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