Tudor Investment Corp ET AL Raises Stock Holdings in CTS Corporation $CTS

Key Points

• Tudor Investment Corp more than doubled its stake in CTS, increasing holdings by 103.4% in Q3 to 85,266 shares (about 0.29% of the company) valued at roughly $3.41 million.
• CTS beat quarterly estimates with $0.62 EPS (vs. $0.60 expected) and $137.27M revenue, and issued FY2026 guidance of 2.300–2.450 EPS (analysts' consensus ~2.28).
• Investor sentiment is mixed: Wall Street Zen upgraded CTS to a strong-buy, but the consensus rating remains a Hold, and institutional investors own about 96.87% of the stock.

Tudor Investment Corp ET AL increased its position in CTS Corporation (NYSE:CTS - Free Report) by 103.4% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 85,266 shares of the electronics maker's stock after buying an additional 43,341 shares during the quarter. Tudor Investment Corp ET AL owned 0.29% of CTS worth $3,406,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Horizon Investments LLC boosted its holdings in CTS by 14.0% in the third quarter. Horizon Investments LLC now owns 13,453 shares of the electronics maker's stock valued at $537,000 after acquiring an additional 1,653 shares in the last quarter. Entropy Technologies LP bought a new stake in CTS in the third quarter valued at $341,000. SG Americas Securities LLC boosted its holdings in CTS by 357.2% in the third quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 31,571 shares of the electronics maker's stock valued at $1,261,000 after acquiring an additional 24,666 shares in the last quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors boosted its holdings in shares of CTS by 12.1% during the 2nd quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 8,113 shares of the electronics maker's stock valued at $346,000 after buying an additional 876 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Lazard Asset Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of CTS by 4.3% during the 2nd quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC now owns 31,664 shares of the electronics maker's stock valued at $1,349,000 after buying an additional 1,299 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 96.87% of the company's stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts have recently commented on CTS shares. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of CTS from a "buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Saturday, February 21st. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a "hold (c)" rating on shares of CTS in a research report on Wednesday, January 21st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Hold rating, According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Hold".

CTS Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:CTS opened at $55.10 on Friday. CTS Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $36.00 and a fifty-two week high of $59.66. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $51.20 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $45.99. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.10, a quick ratio of 1.82 and a current ratio of 2.30. The firm has a market cap of $1.58 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.16, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.38 and a beta of 0.93.

CTS (NYSE:CTS - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, February 10th. The electronics maker reported $0.62 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.60 by $0.02. CTS had a return on equity of 12.14% and a net margin of 12.07%.The business had revenue of $137.27 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $135.86 million. CTS has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.300-2.450 EPS. On average, analysts expect that CTS Corporation will post 2.28 earnings per share for the current year.

CTS Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, April 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 27th will be given a dividend of $0.04 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 27th. This represents a $0.16 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.3%. CTS's dividend payout ratio is presently 7.31%.

CTS Company Profile

CTS Corporation NYSE: CTS is a global manufacturer and supplier of electronic components and sensors, headquartered in Lisle, Illinois. Established in 1896 as the Chicago Telephone Supply Company, the firm has evolved over more than a century to become a diversified provider of high-precision products for a wide range of end markets.

The company's core business encompasses the design, development and production of sensors and actuators, frequency control devices such as quartz crystals and filters, multilayer ceramic capacitors, and inductive components.

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