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CTS vs. SANM, PLXS, IPGP, MRCY, TTMI, BHE, PKE, MEI, NEON, and KTCC

Should you be buying CTS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CTS include Sanmina (SANM), Plexus (PLXS), IPG Photonics (IPGP), Mercury Systems (MRCY), TTM Technologies (TTMI), Benchmark Electronics (BHE), Park Aerospace (PKE), Methode Electronics (MEI), Neonode (NEON), and Key Tronic (KTCC). These companies are all part of the "electronic manufacturing services" industry.

CTS vs.

Sanmina (NASDAQ:SANM) and CTS (NYSE:CTS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and community ranking.

In the previous week, CTS had 9 more articles in the media than Sanmina. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for CTS and 5 mentions for Sanmina. Sanmina's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat CTS's score of 0.37 indicating that Sanmina is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Sanmina
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
CTS
3 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Sanmina has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CTS has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

92.7% of Sanmina shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.9% of CTS shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Sanmina shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of CTS shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Sanmina currently has a consensus price target of $80.50, suggesting a potential upside of 5.02%. Given Sanmina's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Sanmina is more favorable than CTS.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sanmina
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
CTS
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Sanmina received 136 more outperform votes than CTS when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.12% of users gave CTS an outperform vote while only 65.90% of users gave Sanmina an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
SanminaOutperform Votes
456
65.90%
Underperform Votes
236
34.10%
CTSOutperform Votes
320
66.12%
Underperform Votes
164
33.88%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sanmina$7.70B0.54$222.54M$4.0918.74
CTS$515.77M2.45$58.11M$1.9022.17

CTS has a net margin of 11.27% compared to Sanmina's net margin of 2.99%. CTS's return on equity of 12.67% beat Sanmina's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sanmina2.99% 10.61% 5.28%
CTS 11.27%12.67%8.85%

Summary

Sanmina and CTS tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CTS vs. The Competition

MetricCTSPrinted circuit boards IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.27B$3.88B$23.04B$19.38B
Dividend Yield0.37%1.04%2.82%3.75%
P/E Ratio22.1724.1841.9933.02
Price / Sales2.451.152,055.2126.58
Price / Cash14.6512.3034.6117.54
Price / Book2.392.286.084.53
Net Income$58.11M$253.93M$735.23M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-0.30%-6.43%-2.04%-1.28%
1 Month Performance-5.54%-12.49%49,625.97%-4.01%
1 Year Performance-9.98%1.06%52,700.89%2.63%

CTS Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CTS
CTS
1.8912 of 5 stars
$42.12
-2.1%
N/A-10.1%$1.27B$515.77M22.174,210News Coverage
Gap Up
SANM
Sanmina
3.7637 of 5 stars
$80.80
+3.2%
$80.50
-0.4%
+23.3%$4.39B$7.70B19.7637,000Positive News
PLXS
Plexus
4.3143 of 5 stars
$132.80
+3.6%
$163.00
+22.7%
+34.7%$3.59B$3.95B30.8120,000Positive News
IPGP
IPG Photonics
4.2157 of 5 stars
$67.62
+5.6%
$85.40
+26.3%
-28.2%$2.88B$977.13M-16.186,230Short Interest ↑
Positive News
MRCY
Mercury Systems
1.7131 of 5 stars
$46.59
+2.9%
$43.86
-5.9%
+45.2%$2.78B$884.38M-29.872,364Positive News
TTMI
TTM Technologies
4.4705 of 5 stars
$23.42
+2.9%
$29.31
+25.2%
+33.3%$2.38B$2.44B43.3715,800News Coverage
Positive News
BHE
Benchmark Electronics
2.5974 of 5 stars
$41.39
+3.2%
$43.00
+3.9%
+29.4%$1.49B$2.66B23.9311,900News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
PKE
Park Aerospace
0.6791 of 5 stars
$13.91
+0.5%
N/A-18.8%$277.08M$61.42M38.63110News Coverage
MEI
Methode Electronics
2.7124 of 5 stars
$6.88
+2.9%
$11.67
+69.7%
-46.8%$245.38M$1.07B-2.727,000
NEON
Neonode
1.5077 of 5 stars
$8.75
+6.3%
$16.50
+88.6%
+509.3%$146.85M$3.80M-12.3250News Coverage
KTCC
Key Tronic
1.5719 of 5 stars
$2.69
-2.2%
N/A-45.1%$28.95M$514.39M-4.724,122Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
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This page (NYSE:CTS) was last updated on 3/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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