TTMI vs. CTS, BHE, PLXS, ELTK, SANM, NNDM, KE, CLS, SSTK, and EVBG
Should you be buying TTM Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TTM Technologies include CTS (CTS), Benchmark Electronics (BHE), Plexus (PLXS), Eltek (ELTK), Sanmina (SANM), Nano Dimension (NNDM), Kimball Electronics (KE), Celestica (CLS), Shutterstock (SSTK), and Everbridge (EVBG). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
TTM Technologies (NASDAQ:TTMI) and CTS (NYSE:CTS) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and media sentiment.
TTM Technologies received 154 more outperform votes than CTS when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.19% of users gave TTM Technologies an outperform vote while only 66.60% of users gave CTS an outperform vote.
CTS has lower revenue, but higher earnings than TTM Technologies. TTM Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CTS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
95.8% of TTM Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.9% of CTS shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of TTM Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of CTS shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
CTS has a net margin of 11.00% compared to TTM Technologies' net margin of -0.84%. CTS's return on equity of 13.41% beat TTM Technologies' return on equity.
TTM Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $16.17, suggesting a potential upside of 6.85%. CTS has a consensus price target of $43.67, suggesting a potential downside of 5.40%. Given TTM Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe TTM Technologies is more favorable than CTS.
TTM Technologies has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CTS has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, CTS had 10 more articles in the media than TTM Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for CTS and 6 mentions for TTM Technologies. CTS's average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat TTM Technologies' score of 0.30 indicating that CTS is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
CTS beats TTM Technologies on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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