Celestica (CLS) Competitors

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

Is NXPI or CLS more profitable?

NXP Semiconductors has a net margin of 19.90% compared to Celestica's net margin of 4.61%. NXP Semiconductors' return on equity of 31.45% beat Celestica's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NXP Semiconductors	19.90%	31.45%	12.56%
Celestica	4.61%	23.34%	7.10%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in NXPI or CLS?

90.5% of NXP Semiconductors shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.4% of Celestica shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of NXP Semiconductors shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Celestica shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, NXPI or CLS?

NXP Semiconductors has higher revenue and earnings than Celestica. NXP Semiconductors 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
NXP Semiconductors	$12.32B	4.37	$2.51B	$9.18	23.21
Celestica	$10.09B	1.41	$428M	$3.63	33.79

Which has more volatility and risk, NXPI or CLS?

NXP Semiconductors has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Celestica has a beta of 1.74, suggesting that its stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NXPI or CLS?

NXP Semiconductors received 740 more outperform votes than Celestica when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.53% of users gave NXP Semiconductors an outperform vote while only 57.12% of users gave Celestica an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NXP Semiconductors	Outperform Votes 1125 73.53%	Underperform Votes 405 26.47%
Celestica	Outperform Votes 385 57.12%	Underperform Votes 289 42.88%

Do analysts rate NXPI or CLS?

NXP Semiconductors presently has a consensus price target of $246.22, indicating a potential upside of 15.55%. Celestica has a consensus price target of $114.82, indicating a potential downside of 6.40%. Given NXP Semiconductors' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe NXP Semiconductors is more favorable than Celestica.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NXP Semiconductors	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89
Celestica	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to NXPI or CLS?

In the previous week, NXP Semiconductors had 7 more articles in the media than Celestica. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for NXP Semiconductors and 9 mentions for Celestica. NXP Semiconductors' average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Celestica's score of 0.92 indicating that NXP Semiconductors is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
NXP Semiconductors	14 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Celestica	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

NXP Semiconductors beats Celestica on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.