Celestica (CLS) Competitors

National Bank of Canada (TSE:NA) and Celestica (TSE:CLS) are both large-cap electronic equipment companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in NA or CLS?

35.3% of National Bank of Canada shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.8% of Celestica shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of National Bank of Canada shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Celestica shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is NA or CLS more profitable?

National Bank of Canada has a net margin of 19.69% compared to Celestica's net margin of 4.08%. Celestica's return on equity of 21.24% beat National Bank of Canada's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
National Bank of Canada	19.69%	15.43%	0.83%
Celestica	4.08%	21.24%	5.50%

Which has more volatility & risk, NA or CLS?

National Bank of Canada has a beta of 1.059766, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Celestica has a beta of 1.65092, meaning that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer NA or CLS?

National Bank of Canada currently has a consensus target price of C$143.42, indicating a potential downside of 4.04%. Celestica has a consensus target price of C$127.00, indicating a potential downside of 62.04%. Given National Bank of Canada's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe National Bank of Canada is more favorable than Celestica.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
National Bank of Canada	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.18
Celestica	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	4 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.29

Which has better earnings and valuation, NA or CLS?

National Bank of Canada has higher revenue and earnings than Celestica. National Bank of Canada 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
National Bank of Canada	C$13.26B	4.42	C$4.38B	C$10.15	14.72
Celestica	C$10.59B	3.63	C$269.99M	C$4.59	72.88

Does the media prefer NA or CLS?

In the previous week, Celestica had 1 more articles in the media than National Bank of Canada. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Celestica and 5 mentions for National Bank of Canada. Celestica's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat National Bank of Canada's score of 0.25 indicating that Celestica is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
National Bank of Canada	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Celestica	0 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Celestica beats National Bank of Canada on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.