Teradyne (TER) Competitors

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) and Trane Technologies (NYSE:TT) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Is TER or TT more profitable?

Teradyne has a net margin of 18.75% compared to Trane Technologies' net margin of 12.73%. Trane Technologies' return on equity of 34.62% beat Teradyne's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Teradyne	18.75%	18.56%	13.91%
Trane Technologies	12.73%	34.62%	12.36%

Which has better earnings and valuation, TER or TT?

Trane Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Teradyne. Trane Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Teradyne, 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
Teradyne	$2.68B	8.05	$448.75M	$3.15	42.00
Trane Technologies	$17.68B	5.05	$2.02B	$10.78	36.83

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of TER or TT?

99.8% of Teradyne shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of Trane Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Teradyne shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Trane Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, TER or TT?

Teradyne has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trane Technologies has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TER or TT a better dividend stock?

Teradyne pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Trane Technologies pays an annual dividend of $3.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Teradyne pays out 15.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Trane Technologies pays out 31.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Do analysts rate TER or TT?

Teradyne currently has a consensus price target of $147.77, indicating a potential upside of 11.69%. Trane Technologies has a consensus price target of $420.64, indicating a potential upside of 5.95%. Given Teradyne's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Teradyne is more favorable than Trane Technologies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Teradyne	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.79
Trane Technologies	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the media prefer TER or TT?

In the previous week, Trane Technologies had 5 more articles in the media than Teradyne. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Trane Technologies and 15 mentions for Teradyne. Trane Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Teradyne's score of 0.74 indicating that Trane Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Teradyne	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Trane Technologies	13 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TER or TT?

Trane Technologies received 26 more outperform votes than Teradyne when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 44.65% of users gave Teradyne an outperform vote while only 42.73% of users gave Trane Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Teradyne	Outperform Votes 71 44.65%	Underperform Votes 88 55.35%
Trane Technologies	Outperform Votes 97 42.73%	Underperform Votes 130 57.27%

Summary

Teradyne beats Trane Technologies on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.