BHE vs. CTS, TTMI, PLXS, SANM, KE, NNDM, CLS, ZUO, VICR, and PAR
Should you be buying Benchmark Electronics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Benchmark Electronics include CTS (CTS), TTM Technologies (TTMI), Plexus (PLXS), Sanmina (SANM), Kimball Electronics (KE), Nano Dimension (NNDM), Celestica (CLS), Zuora (ZUO), Vicor (VICR), and PAR Technology (PAR). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Benchmark Electronics (NYSE:BHE) and CTS (NYSE:CTS) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends and profitability.
Benchmark Electronics pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. CTS pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Benchmark Electronics pays out 36.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CTS pays out 9.4% 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.
Benchmark Electronics has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, CTS has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CTS received 24 more outperform votes than Benchmark Electronics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.60% of users gave CTS an outperform vote while only 58.86% of users gave Benchmark Electronics an outperform vote.
Benchmark Electronics has higher revenue and earnings than CTS. Benchmark Electronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CTS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
92.3% of Benchmark Electronics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.9% of CTS shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Benchmark Electronics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of CTS shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, CTS had 2 more articles in the media than Benchmark Electronics. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for CTS and 9 mentions for Benchmark Electronics. Benchmark Electronics' average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat CTS's score of 0.18 indicating that Benchmark Electronics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CTS has a net margin of 10.06% compared to Benchmark Electronics' net margin of 2.34%. CTS's return on equity of 12.39% beat Benchmark Electronics' return on equity.
Benchmark Electronics currently has a consensus price target of $36.50, suggesting a potential downside of 11.39%. CTS has a consensus price target of $43.67, suggesting a potential downside of 16.90%. Given Benchmark Electronics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Benchmark Electronics is more favorable than CTS.
Summary
Benchmark Electronics and CTS tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BHE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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