TEL vs. ADI, CSQ, LFUS, MCHP, NXPI, TXN, APH, ESI, ITT, and ST
Should you be buying TE Connectivity stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TE Connectivity include Analog Devices (ADI), Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund (CSQ), Littelfuse (LFUS), Microchip Technology (MCHP), NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), Texas Instruments (TXN), Amphenol (APH), Element Solutions (ESI), ITT (ITT), and Sensata Technologies (ST).
TE Connectivity vs. Its Competitors
Analog Devices (NASDAQ:ADI) and TE Connectivity (NYSE:TEL) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and risk.
86.8% of Analog Devices shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.4% of TE Connectivity shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Analog Devices shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of TE Connectivity shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Analog Devices had 6 more articles in the media than TE Connectivity. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Analog Devices and 25 mentions for TE Connectivity. TE Connectivity's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Analog Devices' score of 1.00 indicating that TE Connectivity is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
TE Connectivity has higher revenue and earnings than Analog Devices. TE Connectivity is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Analog Devices, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analog Devices presently has a consensus target price of $257.67, suggesting a potential upside of 7.17%. TE Connectivity has a consensus target price of $173.30, suggesting a potential downside of 1.29%. Given Analog Devices' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Analog Devices is more favorable than TE Connectivity.
Analog Devices pays an annual dividend of $3.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. TE Connectivity pays an annual dividend of $2.84 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. TE Connectivity pays out 62.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Analog Devices has increased its dividend for 23 consecutive years and TE Connectivity has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Analog Devices is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Analog Devices has a net margin of 18.65% compared to TE Connectivity's net margin of 8.67%. TE Connectivity's return on equity of 19.40% beat Analog Devices' return on equity.
Analog Devices has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TE Connectivity has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
TE Connectivity beats Analog Devices on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:TEL) was last updated on 7/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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