Sensata Technologies (ST) Competitors

Sensata Technologies (NYSE:ST) and Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk, valuation and profitability.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in ST or TER?

99.4% of Sensata Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.8% of Teradyne shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Sensata Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Teradyne shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, ST or TER?

Sensata Technologies has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teradyne has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to ST or TER?

In the previous week, Teradyne had 19 more articles in the media than Sensata Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Teradyne and 11 mentions for Sensata Technologies. Sensata Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Teradyne's score of 0.59 indicating that Sensata Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sensata Technologies	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Teradyne	14 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend ST or TER?

Sensata Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $39.08, suggesting a potential upside of 40.49%. Teradyne has a consensus target price of $121.44, suggesting a potential upside of 35.01%. Given Sensata Technologies' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Sensata Technologies is more favorable than Teradyne.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sensata Technologies	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.31
Teradyne	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, ST or TER?

Teradyne has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Sensata Technologies. Teradyne is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sensata Technologies, 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
Sensata Technologies	$3.93B	1.06	$128.48M	$0.84	33.12
Teradyne	$2.82B	5.16	$542.37M	$3.33	27.01

Is ST or TER a better dividend stock?

Sensata Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Teradyne pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Sensata Technologies pays out 57.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Teradyne pays out 14.4% 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.

Is ST or TER more profitable?

Teradyne has a net margin of 19.23% compared to Sensata Technologies' net margin of 3.27%. Teradyne's return on equity of 19.08% beat Sensata Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sensata Technologies	3.27%	17.54%	6.86%
Teradyne	19.23%	19.08%	14.47%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ST or TER?

Sensata Technologies received 362 more outperform votes than Teradyne when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.83% of users gave Sensata Technologies an outperform vote while only 48.02% of users gave Teradyne an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sensata Technologies	Outperform Votes 447 61.83%	Underperform Votes 276 38.17%
Teradyne	Outperform Votes 85 48.02%	Underperform Votes 92 51.98%

Summary

Teradyne beats Sensata Technologies on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.