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CTS Corporation (CTS) vs Daktronics, Inc. (DAKT)

CTS Corporation and Daktronics, Inc. are both Electronic Components companies. CTS Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $1.6B against $878.7M — 1.8× the size. Daktronics, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 18.4× against 22.7×. Daktronics, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 14.0% against 8.53%. CTS Corporation has the higher net margin (12.4% vs 5.66%) and the lower return on invested capital (11.1% vs 17.9%). Across the 22 metrics below, Daktronics, Inc. leads on 12 and CTS Corporation on 10.

Valuation

Metric CTS DAKT Electronic Components median
P/E 22.71 18.39 30.82
P/S 2.78 1.03 2.84
P/B 2.74 2.76 2.93
Price to free cash flow 17.18 21.71 28.42
EV/EBITDA 11.91 9.52 16.22
EV/Sales 2.69 0.91 2.94
Earnings yield 4.40% 5.44% 1.67%
Free cash flow yield 5.82% 4.61% 0.58%

Profitability

Metric CTS DAKT Electronic Components median
Gross margin 39.71% 27.57% 33.21%
Operating margin 16.38% 7.32% 3.90%
Net margin 12.37% 5.66% 2.90%
Free cash flow margin 16.20% 4.73% 0.20%
Return on equity 12.43% 16.18% 2.60%
Return on assets 8.85% 8.38% 2.50%
Return on invested capital 11.10% 17.88% 2.28%

Growth

Metric CTS DAKT Electronic Components median
Revenue growth (TTM) 8.53% 14.00% 12.21%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 15.87% 538.10% 42.31%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.00% 11.71% 7.19%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 13.49% 32.95% 0.00%

Health

Metric CTS DAKT Electronic Components median
Debt to equity 0.10 0.17 0.13
Current ratio 2.61 2.17 2.41
Net debt to EBITDA (0.21) (0.95) 0.34

Dividend

Metric CTS DAKT Electronic Components median
Dividend yield 0.29% — 0.91%
Payout ratio 0.07 — 0.29

Size

Metric CTS DAKT Electronic Components median
Market cap 1.58b 878.65m 707.24m

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