Celestica (CLS) Competitors

National Bank of Canada (TSE:NA) and Celestica (TSE:CLS) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation and risk.

Which has more risk and volatility, NA or CLS?

National Bank of Canada has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Celestica has a beta of 2.23, suggesting that its stock price is 123% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NA or CLS?

National Bank of Canada received 434 more outperform votes than Celestica when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.28% of users gave Celestica an outperform vote while only 50.39% of users gave National Bank of Canada an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
National Bank of Canada	Outperform Votes 649 50.39%	Underperform Votes 639 49.61%
Celestica	Outperform Votes 215 56.28%	Underperform Votes 167 43.72%

Do analysts rate NA or CLS?

National Bank of Canada presently has a consensus price target of C$132.40, indicating a potential downside of 5.46%. Celestica has a consensus price target of C$55.00, indicating a potential downside of 55.54%. Given National Bank of Canada's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe National Bank of Canada is more favorable than Celestica.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
National Bank of Canada	1 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.08
Celestica	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Which has higher valuation and earnings, NA or CLS?

National Bank of Canada has higher revenue and earnings than Celestica. National Bank of Canada is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Celestica, 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
National Bank of Canada	C$10.61B	4.49	C$3.51B	C$10.27	13.64
Celestica	C$8.78B	1.67	C$365.70M	C$4.22	29.32

Is NA or CLS more profitable?

National Bank of Canada has a net margin of 34.50% compared to Celestica's net margin of 4.16%. Celestica's return on equity of 20.99% beat National Bank of Canada's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
National Bank of Canada	34.50%	15.18%	0.83%
Celestica	4.16%	20.99%	5.50%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in NA or CLS?

35.1% of National Bank of Canada shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of Celestica shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of National Bank of Canada shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Celestica shares are held 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.

Does the media favor NA or CLS?

In the previous week, National Bank of Canada had 23 more articles in the media than Celestica. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for National Bank of Canada and 0 mentions for Celestica. National Bank of Canada's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Celestica's score of 0.00 indicating that National Bank of Canada is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
National Bank of Canada	Neutral
Celestica	Neutral

Summary

National Bank of Canada beats Celestica on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.