ATS (ATS) Competitors

nVent Electric (NYSE:NVT) and ATS (NYSE:ATS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking and media sentiment.

Do analysts recommend NVT or ATS?

nVent Electric currently has a consensus price target of $70.67, indicating a potential upside of 0.87%. ATS has a consensus price target of $30.50, indicating a potential downside of 1.74%. Given nVent Electric's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe nVent Electric is more favorable than ATS.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
nVent Electric	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.14
ATS	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67

Which has more risk and volatility, NVT or ATS?

nVent Electric has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ATS has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, NVT or ATS?

nVent Electric has higher revenue and earnings than ATS. ATS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than nVent Electric, 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
nVent Electric	$3.08B	3.74	$331.80M	$3.50	20.02
ATS	$2.53B	1.20	$143.62M	-$0.19	-163.37

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NVT or ATS?

nVent Electric received 200 more outperform votes than ATS when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.45% of users gave nVent Electric an outperform vote while only 14.29% of users gave ATS an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
nVent Electric	Outperform Votes 202 66.45%	Underperform Votes 102 33.55%
ATS	Outperform Votes 2 14.29%	Underperform Votes 12 85.71%

Is NVT or ATS more profitable?

nVent Electric has a net margin of 10.09% compared to ATS's net margin of 3.27%. nVent Electric's return on equity of 14.52% beat ATS's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
nVent Electric	10.09%	14.52%	7.27%
ATS	3.27%	9.95%	3.89%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in NVT or ATS?

90.1% of nVent Electric shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.8% of ATS shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of nVent Electric shares are owned 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.

Does the media favor NVT or ATS?

In the previous week, nVent Electric had 8 more articles in the media than ATS. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for nVent Electric and 2 mentions for ATS. nVent Electric's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat ATS's score of 0.18 indicating that nVent Electric is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
nVent Electric	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ATS	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

nVent Electric beats ATS on 18 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.