ST vs. MKSI, CGNX, YNDX, LFUS, WWD, DSGX, SMAR, RMBS, NTNX, and CACI
Should you be buying Sensata Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sensata Technologies include MKS Instruments (MKSI), Cognex (CGNX), Yandex (YNDX), Littelfuse (LFUS), Woodward (WWD), The Descartes Systems Group (DSGX), Smartsheet (SMAR), Rambus (RMBS), Nutanix (NTNX), and CACI International (CACI). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Sensata Technologies vs.
MKS Instruments (NASDAQ:MKSI) and Sensata Technologies (NYSE:ST) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, community ranking, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.
Sensata Technologies has a net margin of 9.25% compared to MKS Instruments' net margin of 4.11%. Sensata Technologies' return on equity of 17.67% beat MKS Instruments' return on equity.
MKS Instruments has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sensata Technologies has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
MKS Instruments has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sensata Technologies. Sensata Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MKS Instruments, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MKS Instruments currently has a consensus target price of $114.36, indicating a potential upside of 13.43%. Sensata Technologies has a consensus target price of $52.50, indicating a potential upside of 19.84%. Given Sensata Technologies' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Sensata Technologies is more favorable than MKS Instruments.
86.8% of MKS Instruments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of Sensata Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of MKS Instruments shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Sensata Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
MKS Instruments received 88 more outperform votes than Sensata Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.38% of users gave MKS Instruments an outperform vote while only 63.93% of users gave Sensata Technologies an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Sensata Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than MKS Instruments. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Sensata Technologies and 4 mentions for MKS Instruments. Sensata Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat MKS Instruments' score of 0.97 indicating that Sensata Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
MKS Instruments pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Sensata Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. MKS Instruments pays out 34.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sensata Technologies pays out 19.8% 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. Sensata Technologies has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Sensata Technologies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Sensata Technologies beats MKS Instruments on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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