CLS vs. HPS.A, ESU, SSC, NXO, ZKL, WIFI, GIB.A, DSG, OTEX, and MAXR
Should you be buying Celestica stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Celestica include Hammond Power Solutions (HPS.A), EEStor Co. (ESU.V) (ESU), Smartcool Systems Inc. (SSC.V) (SSC), NexOptic Technology (NXO), China Keli Electric (ZKL), Boingo Wireless (WIFI), CGI (GIB.A), The Descartes Systems Group (DSG), Open Text (OTEX), and Maxar Technologies (MAXR). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Celestica (TSE:CLS) and Hammond Power Solutions (TSE:HPS.A) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, earnings, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.
Celestica received 146 more outperform votes than Hammond Power Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.29% of users gave Hammond Power Solutions an outperform vote while only 56.20% of users gave Celestica an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Celestica had 4 more articles in the media than Hammond Power Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Celestica and 1 mentions for Hammond Power Solutions. Hammond Power Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Celestica's score of 0.30 indicating that Hammond Power Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Celestica has higher revenue and earnings than Hammond Power Solutions. Celestica is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hammond Power Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Celestica presently has a consensus target price of C$38.33, suggesting a potential downside of 49.69%. Hammond Power Solutions has a consensus target price of C$165.50, suggesting a potential upside of 48.87%. Given Hammond Power Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hammond Power Solutions is more favorable than Celestica.
79.6% of Celestica shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.7% of Hammond Power Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Celestica shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.5% of Hammond Power Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Hammond Power Solutions has a net margin of 7.62% compared to Celestica's net margin of 3.86%. Hammond Power Solutions' return on equity of 25.88% beat Celestica's return on equity.
Celestica has a beta of 2.35, meaning that its share price is 135% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hammond Power Solutions has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Hammond Power Solutions beats Celestica on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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