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ST vs. ADI, LFUS, MCHP, MKSI, NXPI, DOV, ITT, TEL, TKR, and VSH

Should you be buying Sensata Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sensata Technologies include Analog Devices (ADI), Littelfuse (LFUS), Microchip Technology (MCHP), MKS (MKSI), NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), Dover (DOV), ITT (ITT), TE Connectivity (TEL), Timken (TKR), and Vishay Intertechnology (VSH).

Sensata Technologies vs. Its Competitors

Analog Devices (NASDAQ:ADI) and Sensata Technologies (NYSE:ST) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Analog Devices has a net margin of 18.65% compared to Sensata Technologies' net margin of 2.97%. Sensata Technologies' return on equity of 16.88% beat Analog Devices' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Analog Devices18.65% 9.56% 6.99%
Sensata Technologies 2.97%16.88%6.76%

86.8% of Analog Devices shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.4% of Sensata Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Analog Devices shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Sensata Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analog Devices pays an annual dividend of $3.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Sensata Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Analog Devices pays out 107.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Sensata Technologies pays out 64.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Analog Devices has raised its dividend for 23 consecutive years. Analog Devices is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Analog Devices$9.43B11.67$1.64B$3.6760.41
Sensata Technologies$3.93B1.11$128.48M$0.7539.92

Analog Devices presently has a consensus price target of $258.89, indicating a potential upside of 16.77%. Sensata Technologies has a consensus price target of $34.64, indicating a potential upside of 15.69%. Given Analog Devices' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Analog Devices is more favorable than Sensata Technologies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Analog Devices
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
19 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.81
Sensata Technologies
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

In the previous week, Analog Devices had 16 more articles in the media than Sensata Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for Analog Devices and 26 mentions for Sensata Technologies. Analog Devices' average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Sensata Technologies' score of 0.88 indicating that Analog Devices is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Analog Devices
36 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Sensata Technologies
8 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Analog Devices has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sensata Technologies has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Analog Devices beats Sensata Technologies on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ST vs. The Competition

MetricSensata TechnologiesINSTRU IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.36B$2.89B$28.65B$20.47B
Dividend Yield1.60%1.05%3.10%3.71%
P/E Ratio39.9226.4348.0929.04
Price / Sales1.112.871,540.4357.15
Price / Cash4.5314.4837.2322.46
Price / Book1.513.378.434.43
Net Income$128.48M$91.11M$782.80M$993.74M
7 Day Performance-8.69%-5.32%3.32%-3.39%
1 Month Performance-6.67%-4.16%-0.18%-2.10%
1 Year Performance-17.38%11.04%52,721.68%10.09%

Sensata Technologies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ST
Sensata Technologies
4.8319 of 5 stars
$29.94
-2.7%
$34.64
+15.7%
-19.7%$4.36B$3.93B39.9219,000News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
ADI
Analog Devices
4.8732 of 5 stars
$230.77
+1.3%
$258.89
+12.2%
+1.3%$114.52B$9.43B62.8824,000Positive News
LFUS
Littelfuse
4.2567 of 5 stars
$237.17
+3.0%
$252.25
+6.4%
-3.0%$5.86B$2.19B54.9016,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Gap Down
MCHP
Microchip Technology
4.4029 of 5 stars
$70.53
+1.9%
$75.70
+7.3%
-21.3%$38.06B$4.40B-7,053.0019,400Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
MKSI
MKS
4.9683 of 5 stars
$102.33
+2.8%
$120.00
+17.3%
-19.2%$6.90B$3.59B30.5510,200News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
NXPI
NXP Semiconductors
4.8304 of 5 stars
$228.49
+2.3%
$256.05
+12.1%
-13.8%$57.72B$12.61B27.2333,100Positive News
Insider Trade
DOV
Dover
4.7737 of 5 stars
$184.91
-0.9%
$213.92
+15.7%
-2.3%$25.35B$7.75B11.1524,000Trending News
Analyst Revision
ITT
ITT
4.2088 of 5 stars
$162.38
+0.5%
$173.25
+6.7%
+17.8%$12.78B$3.63B25.8211,700Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
TEL
TE Connectivity
4.6616 of 5 stars
$209.10
+0.5%
$194.80
-6.8%
+34.2%$62.01B$16.58B43.2987,000Positive News
Insider Trade
TKR
Timken
4.0487 of 5 stars
$81.73
+0.1%
$79.90
-2.2%
-13.1%$5.72B$4.57B17.6119,000News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
VSH
Vishay Intertechnology
3.3161 of 5 stars
$17.04
+0.2%
$20.50
+20.3%
-32.1%$2.31B$2.94B-34.7822,700Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
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