Impinj (PI) Competitors

Celestica (NYSE:CLS) and Impinj (NASDAQ:PI) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and risk.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in CLS or PI?

67.4% of Celestica shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Celestica shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.4% of Impinj shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CLS or PI?

Celestica has higher revenue and earnings than Impinj. Impinj is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Celestica, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Celestica	$10.09B	1.39	$428M	$3.63	33.47
Impinj	$363.54M	9.24	$40.84M	-$0.04	-2,896.50

Which has more risk & volatility, CLS or PI?

Celestica has a beta of 1.74, suggesting that its stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Impinj has a beta of 1.67, suggesting that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CLS or PI more profitable?

Impinj has a net margin of 11.15% compared to Celestica's net margin of 4.61%. Celestica's return on equity of 23.34% beat Impinj's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Celestica	4.61%	23.34%	7.10%
Impinj	11.15%	7.11%	1.90%

Do analysts rate CLS or PI?

Celestica currently has a consensus target price of $114.82, indicating a potential downside of 5.49%. Impinj has a consensus target price of $155.38, indicating a potential upside of 34.11%. Given Impinj's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Impinj is more favorable than Celestica.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Celestica	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Impinj	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CLS or PI?

Impinj received 89 more outperform votes than Celestica when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.74% of users gave Impinj an outperform vote while only 57.19% of users gave Celestica an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Celestica	Outperform Votes 386 57.19%	Underperform Votes 289 42.81%
Impinj	Outperform Votes 475 68.74%	Underperform Votes 216 31.26%

Does the media favor CLS or PI?

In the previous week, Celestica had 5 more articles in the media than Impinj. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Celestica and 4 mentions for Impinj. Impinj's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Celestica's score of 0.92 indicating that Impinj is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Celestica	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Impinj	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Celestica beats Impinj on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.