CTS vs. BHE, TTMI, PLXS, SANM, KE, NNDM, CLS, KN, BMBL, and DBD
Should you be buying CTS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CTS include Benchmark Electronics (BHE), TTM Technologies (TTMI), Plexus (PLXS), Sanmina (SANM), Kimball Electronics (KE), Nano Dimension (NNDM), Celestica (CLS), Knowles (KN), Bumble (BMBL), and Diebold Nixdorf (DBD). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
CTS (NYSE:CTS) and Benchmark Electronics (NYSE:BHE) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, valuation, risk, earnings, media sentiment and dividends.
CTS has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Benchmark Electronics has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
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.
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.
CTS currently has a consensus price target of $43.67, indicating a potential downside of 16.90%. Benchmark Electronics has a consensus price target of $36.50, indicating a potential downside of 11.39%. Given Benchmark Electronics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Benchmark Electronics is more favorable than CTS.
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.
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 news media.
CTS pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Benchmark Electronics pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. CTS pays out 9.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Benchmark Electronics pays out 36.1% 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.
96.9% of CTS shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.3% of Benchmark Electronics shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of CTS shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Benchmark Electronics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
CTS and Benchmark Electronics tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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