ATS (ATS) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate ATS or NVT?

ATS presently has a consensus price target of $30.50, suggesting a potential upside of 7.46%. nVent Electric has a consensus price target of $83.33, suggesting a potential upside of 41.91%. Given nVent Electric's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.14

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, 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	$2.75B	1.01	$143.62M	$0.66	43.00
nVent Electric	$3.01B	3.22	$331.80M	$1.96	29.96

Which has more volatility and risk, ATS or NVT?

ATS has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, nVent Electric has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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 favor ATS or NVT?

nVent Electric received 189 more outperform votes than ATS when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.19% 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 191 65.19%	Underperform Votes 102 34.81%

Does the media prefer ATS or NVT?

In the previous week, nVent Electric had 10 more articles in the media than ATS. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for nVent Electric and 12 mentions for ATS. nVent Electric's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat ATS's score of 0.08 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	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
nVent Electric	14 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in 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 is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

nVent Electric beats ATS on 18 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.