TEL vs. ARW, AVT, ITRN, RELL, VOXX, TAIT, TXN, AMAT, VZ, and INTU
Should you be buying TE Connectivity stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TE Connectivity include Arrow Electronics (ARW), Avnet (AVT), Ituran Location and Control (ITRN), Richardson Electronics (RELL), VOXX International (VOXX), Taitron Components (TAIT), Texas Instruments (TXN), Applied Materials (AMAT), Verizon Communications (VZ), and Intuit (INTU).
Arrow Electronics (NYSE:ARW) and TE Connectivity (NYSE:TEL) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.
TE Connectivity has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Arrow Electronics. Arrow Electronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TE Connectivity, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
99.3% of Arrow Electronics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.4% of TE Connectivity shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Arrow Electronics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of TE Connectivity shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Arrow Electronics currently has a consensus target price of $134.67, indicating a potential upside of 2.26%. TE Connectivity has a consensus target price of $153.89, indicating a potential upside of 3.16%. Given Arrow Electronics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe TE Connectivity is more favorable than Arrow Electronics.
TE Connectivity has a net margin of 21.63% compared to TE Connectivity's net margin of 2.28%. Arrow Electronics' return on equity of 18.80% beat TE Connectivity's return on equity.
In the previous week, TE Connectivity had 7 more articles in the media than Arrow Electronics. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for TE Connectivity and 4 mentions for Arrow Electronics. Arrow Electronics' average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat TE Connectivity's score of 1.03 indicating that TE Connectivity is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
TE Connectivity received 195 more outperform votes than Arrow Electronics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.45% of users gave TE Connectivity an outperform vote while only 68.70% of users gave Arrow Electronics an outperform vote.
Arrow Electronics has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TE Connectivity has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
TE Connectivity beats Arrow Electronics on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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