CLS vs. SANM, PLXS, TTMI, CTS, FLEX, JBL, ALIT, DV, SMAR, and ALGM
Should you be buying Celestica stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Celestica include Sanmina (SANM), Plexus (PLXS), TTM Technologies (TTMI), CTS (CTS), Flex (FLEX), Jabil (JBL), Alight (ALIT), DoubleVerify (DV), Smartsheet (SMAR), and Allegro MicroSystems (ALGM). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Celestica (NYSE:CLS) and Sanmina (NASDAQ:SANM) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.
Celestica currently has a consensus price target of $42.25, suggesting a potential downside of 2.78%. Sanmina has a consensus price target of $62.50, suggesting a potential downside of 0.75%. Given Sanmina's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sanmina is more favorable than Celestica.
Celestica has a beta of 2.22, indicating that its share price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sanmina has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Celestica has a net margin of 3.86% compared to Sanmina's net margin of 3.25%. Celestica's return on equity of 18.21% beat Sanmina's return on equity.
In the previous week, Celestica had 18 more articles in the media than Sanmina. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Celestica and 16 mentions for Sanmina. Sanmina's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Celestica's score of 0.55 indicating that Sanmina is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Sanmina has higher revenue and earnings than Celestica. Sanmina is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Celestica, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
67.4% of Celestica shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of Sanmina shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Celestica shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Sanmina shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Sanmina received 97 more outperform votes than Celestica when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.32% of users gave Sanmina an outperform vote while only 55.70% of users gave Celestica an outperform vote.
Summary
Sanmina beats Celestica on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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