Cepton (CPTN) Competitors

Cepton (NASDAQ:CPTN) and Strattec Security (NASDAQ:STRT) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Do analysts rate CPTN or STRT?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cepton	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Strattec Security	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is CPTN or STRT more profitable?

Strattec Security has a net margin of 2.93% compared to Cepton's net margin of -143.32%. Strattec Security's return on equity of 7.12% beat Cepton's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cepton	-143.32%	N/A	-36.17%
Strattec Security	2.93%	7.12%	4.49%

Does the media prefer CPTN or STRT?

In the previous week, Strattec Security had 1 more articles in the media than Cepton. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Strattec Security and 1 mentions for Cepton. Strattec Security's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Cepton's score of 0.37 indicating that Strattec Security is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cepton	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Strattec Security	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CPTN or STRT?

Strattec Security received 197 more outperform votes than Cepton when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.54% of users gave Strattec Security an outperform vote while only 27.27% of users gave Cepton an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cepton	Outperform Votes 3 27.27%	Underperform Votes 8 72.73%
Strattec Security	Outperform Votes 200 61.54%	Underperform Votes 125 38.46%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CPTN or STRT?

68.2% of Cepton shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.9% of Strattec Security shares are held by institutional investors. 36.1% of Cepton shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Strattec Security shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CPTN or STRT?

Strattec Security has higher revenue and earnings than Cepton. Cepton is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Strattec Security, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cepton	$17.87M	2.87	-$48.55M	-$1.74	-1.83
Strattec Security	$541.41M	0.31	$16.31M	$3.94	10.37

Which has more volatility and risk, CPTN or STRT?

Cepton has a beta of 0.1, meaning that its share price is 90% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Strattec Security has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Strattec Security beats Cepton on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.