ST vs. KEYS, MKSI, CGNX, MLAB, SENS, HURC, CLIR, SYPR, SMIT, and DHR
Should you be buying Sensata Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sensata Technologies include Keysight Technologies (KEYS), MKS Instruments (MKSI), Cognex (CGNX), Mesa Laboratories (MLAB), Senseonics (SENS), Hurco Companies (HURC), ClearSign Technologies (CLIR), Sypris Solutions (SYPR), Schmitt Industries (SMIT), and Danaher (DHR). These companies are all part of the "process control instruments" industry.
Sensata Technologies (NYSE:ST) and Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, valuation, risk, earnings, media sentiment and dividends.
Sensata Technologies has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Keysight Technologies has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Keysight Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Sensata Technologies. Sensata Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Keysight Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Keysight Technologies has a net margin of 15.70% compared to Sensata Technologies' net margin of -0.35%. Keysight Technologies' return on equity of 23.79% beat Sensata Technologies' return on equity.
Sensata Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $43.78, indicating a potential upside of 5.95%. Keysight Technologies has a consensus price target of $166.33, indicating a potential upside of 20.11%. Given Keysight Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Keysight Technologies is more favorable than Sensata Technologies.
Keysight Technologies received 21 more outperform votes than Sensata Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.85% of users gave Keysight Technologies an outperform vote while only 62.22% of users gave Sensata Technologies an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Keysight Technologies had 9 more articles in the media than Sensata Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Keysight Technologies and 5 mentions for Sensata Technologies. Keysight Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Sensata Technologies' score of 1.16 indicating that Keysight Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
99.4% of Sensata Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.6% of Keysight Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Sensata Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Keysight Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Keysight Technologies beats Sensata Technologies on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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