Sensata Technologies (ST) Competitors

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

Is ST or TER more profitable?

Teradyne has a net margin of 19.23% compared to Sensata Technologies' net margin of 3.27%. Teradyne's return on equity of 19.08% beat Sensata Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sensata Technologies	3.27%	17.54%	6.86%
Teradyne	19.23%	19.08%	14.47%

Which has more volatility and risk, ST or TER?

Sensata Technologies has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teradyne has a beta of 1.69, indicating that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to ST or TER?

In the previous week, Teradyne had 11 more articles in the media than Sensata Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Teradyne and 7 mentions for Sensata Technologies. Teradyne's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Sensata Technologies' score of 0.81 indicating that Teradyne is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sensata Technologies	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Teradyne	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, ST or TER?

Teradyne has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Sensata Technologies. Teradyne is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sensata Technologies, 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
Sensata Technologies	$3.84B	1.09	$128.48M	$0.81	35.45
Teradyne	$2.91B	4.79	$542.37M	$3.54	24.52

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ST or TER?

Sensata Technologies received 364 more outperform votes than Teradyne when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.53% of users gave Sensata Technologies an outperform vote while only 48.07% of users gave Teradyne an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sensata Technologies	Outperform Votes 451 61.53%	Underperform Votes 282 38.47%
Teradyne	Outperform Votes 87 48.07%	Underperform Votes 94 51.93%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of ST or TER?

99.4% of Sensata Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.8% of Teradyne shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Sensata Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Teradyne shares are held 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.

Do analysts rate ST or TER?

Sensata Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $34.08, suggesting a potential upside of 18.70%. Teradyne has a consensus price target of $114.67, suggesting a potential upside of 32.12%. Given Teradyne's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Teradyne is more favorable than Sensata Technologies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sensata Technologies	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Teradyne	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63

Is ST or TER a better dividend stock?

Sensata Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Teradyne pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Sensata Technologies pays out 59.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Teradyne pays out 13.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Teradyne has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Summary

Teradyne beats Sensata Technologies on 16 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.