Celestica (CLS) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, NA or CLS?

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

Do analysts rate NA or CLS?

National Bank of Canada currently has a consensus target price of C$137.20, indicating a potential upside of 9.36%. Celestica has a consensus target price of C$96.75, indicating a potential downside of 46.54%. Given National Bank of Canada's higher probable upside, equities 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)	8 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Celestica	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

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 hold more shares of 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 insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Celestica shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation & 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	4.02	C$3.51B	C$10.27	12.22
Celestica	C$8.78B	2.44	C$365.70M	C$4.22	42.88

Does the media prefer NA or CLS?

In the previous week, Celestica had 18 more articles in the media than National Bank of Canada. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Celestica and 2 mentions for National Bank of Canada. Celestica's average media sentiment score of 0.16 beat National Bank of Canada's score of -0.21 indicating that Celestica is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
National Bank of Canada	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Celestica	7 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NA or CLS?

National Bank of Canada received 435 more outperform votes than Celestica when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.10% of users gave Celestica an outperform vote while only 50.23% of users gave National Bank of Canada an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
National Bank of Canada	Outperform Votes 651 50.23%	Underperform Votes 645 49.77%
Celestica	Outperform Votes 216 56.10%	Underperform Votes 169 43.90%

Summary

Celestica beats National Bank of Canada on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.