ELTK vs. KTCC, SGMA, TMPO, SMTX, KE, BHE, JBL, FLEX, CLS, and SANM
Should you be buying Eltek stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eltek include Key Tronic (KTCC), SigmaTron International (SGMA), Tempo Automation (TMPO), SMTC (SMTX), Kimball Electronics (KE), Benchmark Electronics (BHE), Jabil (JBL), Flex (FLEX), Celestica (CLS), and Sanmina (SANM). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Key Tronic (NASDAQ:KTCC) and Eltek (NASDAQ:ELTK) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk, media sentiment and community ranking.
Key Tronic received 106 more outperform votes than Eltek when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.15% of users gave Key Tronic an outperform vote while only 53.09% of users gave Eltek an outperform vote.
Eltek has a net margin of 13.89% compared to Eltek's net margin of 0.04%. Key Tronic's return on equity of 23.18% beat Eltek's return on equity.
Key Tronic has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eltek has a beta of -1.73, suggesting that its stock price is 273% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Key Tronic and Key Tronic both had 2 articles in the media. Key Tronic's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Eltek's score of 0.94 indicating that Eltek is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
40.7% of Key Tronic shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.6% of Eltek shares are held by institutional investors. 6.6% of Key Tronic shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 72.0% of Eltek shares are held 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.
Eltek has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Key Tronic. Eltek is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Key Tronic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Eltek beats Key Tronic on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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