TTMI vs. KE, SMTX, ELTK, IPGP, SANM, PLXS, MRCY, CTS, BHE, and MEI
Should you be buying TTM Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TTM Technologies include Kimball Electronics (KE), SMTC (SMTX), Eltek (ELTK), IPG Photonics (IPGP), Sanmina (SANM), Plexus (PLXS), Mercury Systems (MRCY), CTS (CTS), Benchmark Electronics (BHE), and Methode Electronics (MEI). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Kimball Electronics (NASDAQ:KE) and TTM Technologies (NASDAQ:TTMI) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends and media sentiment.
Kimball Electronics has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TTM Technologies has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Kimball Electronics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than TTM Technologies. TTM Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kimball Electronics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kimball Electronics has a net margin of 1.81% compared to Kimball Electronics' net margin of -0.11%. TTM Technologies' return on equity of 8.70% beat Kimball Electronics' return on equity.
Kimball Electronics presently has a consensus target price of $33.33, suggesting a potential upside of 45.43%. TTM Technologies has a consensus target price of $18.17, suggesting a potential downside of 2.33%. Given TTM Technologies' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Kimball Electronics is more favorable than TTM Technologies.
TTM Technologies received 185 more outperform votes than Kimball Electronics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.29% of users gave TTM Technologies an outperform vote while only 64.99% of users gave Kimball Electronics an outperform vote.
76.0% of Kimball Electronics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.8% of TTM Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Kimball Electronics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of TTM Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, TTM Technologies had 5 more articles in the media than Kimball Electronics. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for TTM Technologies and 1 mentions for Kimball Electronics. TTM Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Kimball Electronics' score of 0.75 indicating that Kimball Electronics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Kimball Electronics and TTM Technologies tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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