Impinj (PI) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of PI or CLS?

67.4% of Celestica shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.4% of Impinj shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Celestica shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, PI or CLS?

Impinj has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Celestica has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation & earnings, PI or CLS?

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
Impinj	$363.54M	9.83	$40.84M	-$0.04	-3,083.25
Celestica	$10.09B	1.29	$428M	$3.63	31.07

Is PI or CLS 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
Impinj	11.15%	7.11%	1.90%
Celestica	4.61%	23.34%	7.10%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PI or CLS?

Impinj received 91 more outperform votes than Celestica when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.74% of users gave Impinj an outperform vote while only 57.14% of users gave Celestica an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Impinj	Outperform Votes 475 68.74%	Underperform Votes 216 31.26%
Celestica	Outperform Votes 384 57.14%	Underperform Votes 288 42.86%

Does the media favor PI or CLS?

In the previous week, Celestica had 6 more articles in the media than Impinj. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Celestica and 15 mentions for Impinj. Celestica's average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat Impinj's score of 1.35 indicating that Celestica is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Impinj	10 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Celestica	20 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts recommend PI or CLS?

Impinj presently has a consensus target price of $155.38, suggesting a potential upside of 25.98%. Celestica has a consensus target price of $109.55, suggesting a potential downside of 2.87%. 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
Impinj	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88
Celestica	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Celestica beats Impinj on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.