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.
TTM Technologies (NASDAQ:TTMI) and Kimball Electronics (NASDAQ:KE) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and dividends.
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.
TTM Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $18.17, suggesting a potential downside of 2.33%. Kimball Electronics has a consensus price target of $33.33, suggesting a potential upside of 45.43%. Given Kimball Electronics' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kimball Electronics is more favorable than TTM Technologies.
TTM Technologies has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kimball Electronics has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
95.8% of TTM Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.0% of Kimball Electronics shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of TTM Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Kimball Electronics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Kimball Electronics has a net margin of 1.81% compared to TTM Technologies' net margin of -0.11%. Kimball Electronics' return on equity of 8.70% beat TTM Technologies' return on equity.
Kimball Electronics has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
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. Kimball Electronics' average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat TTM Technologies' score of 0.76 indicating that Kimball Electronics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
TTM Technologies and Kimball Electronics tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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