CLS vs. HPS.A, ESU, SSC, NXO, ZKL, WIFI, GIB.A, DSG, OTEX, and MAXR
Should you be buying Celestica stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Celestica include Hammond Power Solutions (HPS.A), EEStor Co. (ESU.V) (ESU), Smartcool Systems Inc. (SSC.V) (SSC), NexOptic Technology (NXO), China Keli Electric (ZKL), Boingo Wireless (WIFI), CGI (GIB.A), The Descartes Systems Group (DSG), Open Text (OTEX), and Maxar Technologies (MAXR). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Hammond Power Solutions (TSE:HPS.A) and Celestica (TSE:CLS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
Hammond Power Solutions presently has a consensus price target of C$165.50, indicating a potential upside of 46.37%. Celestica has a consensus price target of C$38.33, indicating a potential downside of 51.17%. Given Celestica's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hammond Power Solutions is more favorable than Celestica.
Celestica received 146 more outperform votes than Hammond Power Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.29% of users gave Hammond Power Solutions an outperform vote while only 56.20% of users gave Celestica an outperform vote.
Hammond Power Solutions has a net margin of 7.62% compared to Hammond Power Solutions' net margin of 3.86%. Celestica's return on equity of 25.88% beat Hammond Power Solutions' return on equity.
In the previous week, Celestica had 7 more articles in the media than Hammond Power Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Celestica and 0 mentions for Hammond Power Solutions. Hammond Power Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Celestica's score of 0.00 indicating that Celestica is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hammond Power Solutions has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Celestica has a beta of 2.35, indicating that its share price is 135% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Celestica has higher revenue and earnings than Hammond Power Solutions. Celestica is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hammond Power Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
29.7% of Hammond Power Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.6% of Celestica shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.5% of Hammond Power Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Celestica shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Hammond Power Solutions beats Celestica on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CLS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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