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).
TE Connectivity (NYSE:TEL) and Arrow Electronics (NYSE:ARW) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
TE Connectivity has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
In the previous week, TE Connectivity had 8 more articles in the media than Arrow Electronics. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for TE Connectivity and 4 mentions for Arrow Electronics. TE Connectivity's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Arrow Electronics' score of 0.95 indicating that TE Connectivity is being referred to more favorably in the media.
TE Connectivity presently has a consensus target price of $153.89, indicating a potential upside of 3.16%. Arrow Electronics has a consensus target price of $134.67, indicating a potential upside of 2.31%. Given TE Connectivity's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe TE Connectivity is more favorable than Arrow Electronics.
TE Connectivity received 194 more outperform votes than Arrow Electronics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.42% of users gave TE Connectivity an outperform vote while only 68.70% of users gave Arrow Electronics an outperform vote.
TE Connectivity has a net margin of 21.63% compared to Arrow Electronics' net margin of 2.28%. TE Connectivity's return on equity of 18.80% beat Arrow Electronics' return on equity.
91.4% of TE Connectivity shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of Arrow Electronics shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of TE Connectivity shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Arrow Electronics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
TE Connectivity has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arrow Electronics has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its stock price is 30% 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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