TER vs. ITRI, JBL, OKTA, SWKS, ERIC, AKAM, NTNX, TYL, IOT, and SNAP
Should you be buying Teradyne stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Teradyne include Itron (ITRI), Jabil (JBL), Okta (OKTA), Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (ERIC), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), Nutanix (NTNX), Tyler Technologies (TYL), Samsara (IOT), and Snap (SNAP). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) and Itron (NASDAQ:ITRI) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.
In the previous week, Teradyne had 20 more articles in the media than Itron. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Teradyne and 7 mentions for Itron. Itron's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Teradyne's score of 0.49 indicating that Itron is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Teradyne has higher revenue and earnings than Itron. Teradyne is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Itron, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Teradyne has a net margin of 16.77% compared to Itron's net margin of 4.46%. Teradyne's return on equity of 19.45% beat Itron's return on equity.
Teradyne has a beta of 1.56, meaning that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Itron has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Teradyne currently has a consensus price target of $113.73, suggesting a potential upside of 12.94%. Itron has a consensus price target of $97.60, suggesting a potential upside of 3.37%. Given Teradyne's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Teradyne is more favorable than Itron.
99.8% of Teradyne shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.2% of Itron shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Teradyne shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Itron shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Itron received 507 more outperform votes than Teradyne when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.26% of users gave Itron an outperform vote while only 43.90% of users gave Teradyne an outperform vote.
Summary
Teradyne beats Itron on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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