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TE Connectivity (TEL) Competitors

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$147.88 +0.93 (+0.63%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

TEL vs. FERG, WSO.B, USFD, PFGC, CNM, SITE, INGM, AVT, GMS, and REZI

Should you be buying TE Connectivity stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TE Connectivity include Ferguson (FERG), Watsco (WSO.B), US Foods (USFD), Performance Food Group (PFGC), Core & Main (CNM), SiteOne Landscape Supply (SITE), Ingram Micro (INGM), Avnet (AVT), GMS (GMS), and Resideo Technologies (REZI). These companies are all part of the "wholesale" industry.

TE Connectivity vs.

Ferguson (NASDAQ:FERG) and TE Connectivity (NYSE:TEL) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and community ranking.

TE Connectivity has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ferguson. TE Connectivity is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ferguson, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ferguson$29.64B1.37$1.74B$8.5323.77
TE Connectivity$15.85B2.79$3.19B$10.2714.40

Ferguson currently has a consensus price target of $233.38, suggesting a potential upside of 15.11%. TE Connectivity has a consensus price target of $159.55, suggesting a potential upside of 7.89%. Given Ferguson's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ferguson is more favorable than TE Connectivity.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ferguson
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78
TE Connectivity
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

82.0% of Ferguson shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.4% of TE Connectivity shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Ferguson shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of TE Connectivity shares are held by 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.

In the previous week, Ferguson had 20 more articles in the media than TE Connectivity. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for Ferguson and 22 mentions for TE Connectivity. TE Connectivity's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Ferguson's score of 0.19 indicating that TE Connectivity is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ferguson
15 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
12 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
TE Connectivity
11 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Ferguson has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TE Connectivity has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

TE Connectivity has a net margin of 20.15% compared to Ferguson's net margin of 5.85%. Ferguson's return on equity of 36.53% beat TE Connectivity's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ferguson5.85% 36.53% 12.19%
TE Connectivity 20.15%18.48%10.20%

Ferguson pays an annual dividend of $3.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. TE Connectivity pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Ferguson pays out 37.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TE Connectivity pays out 25.3% 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. TE Connectivity is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

TE Connectivity received 594 more outperform votes than Ferguson when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.68% of users gave TE Connectivity an outperform vote while only 43.55% of users gave Ferguson an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
FergusonOutperform Votes
54
43.55%
Underperform Votes
70
56.45%
TE ConnectivityOutperform Votes
648
69.68%
Underperform Votes
282
30.32%

Summary

TE Connectivity beats Ferguson on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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TEL vs. The Competition

MetricTE ConnectivityElectronic parts & equipment IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$43.96B$4.66B$23.65B$19.85B
Dividend Yield1.77%3.80%2.77%3.52%
P/E Ratio14.4011.02268.7342.73
Price / Sales2.791.003,389.6719.27
Price / Cash14.1213.1532.4517.86
Price / Book3.581.547.365.52
Net Income$3.19B$462.62M$660.95M$986.45M
7 Day Performance-3.51%-2.14%0.23%0.45%
1 Month Performance0.10%-0.38%0.81%1.05%
1 Year Performance13.14%-6.33%18.76%24.67%

TE Connectivity Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TEL
TE Connectivity
4.4837 of 5 stars
$147.88
+0.6%
$159.55
+7.9%
+12.7%$43.96B$15.85B14.4087,000Dividend Announcement
FERG
Ferguson
3.7858 of 5 stars
$202.74
+0.4%
$233.38
+15.1%
+22.3%$40.52B$29.64B20.8335,000
WSO.B
Watsco
N/A$519.70
flat
N/A+38.6%$20.99B$7.28B40.167,280
USFD
US Foods
4.2544 of 5 stars
$66.56
+0.1%
$71.09
+6.8%
+55.4%$15.49B$35.60B28.5730,000Positive News
PFGC
Performance Food Group
4.9272 of 5 stars
$84.01
+1.4%
$94.27
+12.2%
+34.2%$12.91B$58.28B31.0037,000Analyst Forecast
Positive News
CNM
Core & Main
2.9501 of 5 stars
$44.75
-0.4%
$51.20
+14.4%
+31.5%$9.00B$6.97B21.415,000
SITE
SiteOne Landscape Supply
1.7109 of 5 stars
$139.54
+0.8%
$147.80
+5.9%
+0.5%$6.25B$4.30B45.168,230Positive News
INGM
Ingram Micro
N/A$21.91
-3.8%
$27.92
+27.4%
N/A$5.35B$48.04B0.0024,150Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
AVT
Avnet
4.3201 of 5 stars
$52.92
+1.3%
$48.50
-8.4%
+10.3%$4.60B$23.03B13.8515,462Analyst Revision
Positive News
GMS
GMS
1.6799 of 5 stars
$98.30
-0.9%
$91.50
-6.9%
+48.7%$3.90B$5.50B16.227,624
REZI
Resideo Technologies
3.8317 of 5 stars
$26.36
+0.9%
$25.00
-5.2%
+59.8%$3.84B$6.24B23.7514,000Positive News

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This page (NYSE:TEL) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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