National Bank of Canada (NA) Competitors

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

Which has better earnings and valuation, 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$22.25B	2.08	C$4.38B	C$11.27	10.54
Celestica	C$6.61B	1.45	C$269.99M	C$4.39	25.86

Which has more risk & volatility, NA or CLS?

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

Do analysts prefer NA or CLS?

National Bank of Canada currently has a consensus target price of C$136.40, indicating a potential upside of 14.84%. Celestica has a consensus target price of C$96.75, indicating a potential downside of 14.77%. Given National Bank of Canada's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly 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	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 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

Does the media favor NA or CLS?

In the previous week, Celestica had 1 more articles in the media than National Bank of Canada. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Celestica and 2 mentions for National Bank of Canada. Celestica's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat National Bank of Canada's score of -0.26 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)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Celestica	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is NA or CLS more profitable?

National Bank of Canada has a net margin of 19.69% compared to Celestica's net margin of 4.08%. Celestica's return on equity of 21.24% beat National Bank of Canada's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
National Bank of Canada	19.69%	15.43%	0.83%
Celestica	4.08%	21.24%	5.50%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NA or CLS?

National Bank of Canada received 438 more outperform votes than Celestica when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.10% of users gave Celestica an outperform vote while only 49.85% of users gave National Bank of Canada an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
National Bank of Canada	Outperform Votes 654 49.85%	Underperform Votes 658 50.15%
Celestica	Outperform Votes 216 56.10%	Underperform Votes 169 43.90%

Do institutionals & insiders 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

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