ATS (ATS) Competitors

ATS (NYSE:ATS) and nVent Electric (NYSE:NVT) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.

Do analysts recommend ATS or NVT?

ATS presently has a consensus target price of $30.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6.40%. nVent Electric has a consensus target price of $86.33, suggesting a potential upside of 38.20%. Given nVent Electric's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe nVent Electric is more favorable than ATS.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ATS	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67
nVent Electric	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk and volatility, ATS or NVT?

ATS has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, nVent Electric has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to ATS or NVT?

In the previous week, ATS had 7 more articles in the media than nVent Electric. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for ATS and 15 mentions for nVent Electric. nVent Electric's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat ATS's score of 0.17 indicating that nVent Electric is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ATS	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
nVent Electric	10 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation and earnings, ATS or NVT?

nVent Electric has higher revenue and earnings than ATS. nVent Electric is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ATS, 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
ATS	$2.29B	1.22	$143.62M	$0.66	43.43
nVent Electric	$3.01B	3.43	$331.80M	$1.96	31.87

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ATS or NVT?

75.8% of ATS shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.1% of nVent Electric shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of nVent Electric shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ATS or NVT more profitable?

nVent Electric has a net margin of 10.09% compared to ATS's net margin of 3.27%. nVent Electric's return on equity of 14.52% beat ATS's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ATS	3.27%	9.95%	3.89%
nVent Electric	10.09%	14.52%	7.27%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ATS or NVT?

nVent Electric received 184 more outperform votes than ATS when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.58% of users gave nVent Electric an outperform vote while only 18.18% of users gave ATS an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ATS	Outperform Votes 2 18.18%	Underperform Votes 9 81.82%
nVent Electric	Outperform Votes 186 64.58%	Underperform Votes 102 35.42%

Summary

nVent Electric beats ATS on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.