TE Connectivity (NYSE:TEL – Get Free Report) and Insight Enterprises (NASDAQ:NSIT – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Profitability
This table compares TE Connectivity and Insight Enterprises’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| TE Connectivity | 15.61% | 24.59% | 12.50% |
| Insight Enterprises | 2.45% | 22.70% | 3.71% |
Volatility and Risk
TE Connectivity has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Insight Enterprises has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| TE Connectivity | 1 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 2.62 |
| Insight Enterprises | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2.43 |
TE Connectivity currently has a consensus price target of $258.07, indicating a potential upside of 24.17%. Insight Enterprises has a consensus price target of $147.50, indicating a potential downside of 16.56%. Given TE Connectivity’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe TE Connectivity is more favorable than Insight Enterprises.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares TE Connectivity and Insight Enterprises”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| TE Connectivity | $17.26 billion | 3.49 | $1.84 billion | $10.20 | 20.38 |
| Insight Enterprises | $8.25 billion | 0.63 | $157.35 million | $6.83 | 25.88 |
TE Connectivity has higher revenue and earnings than Insight Enterprises. TE Connectivity is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Insight Enterprises, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
91.4% of TE Connectivity shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of TE Connectivity shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Insight Enterprises shares are held by 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.
Summary
TE Connectivity beats Insight Enterprises on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About TE Connectivity
TE Connectivity Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells connectivity and sensor solutions in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the AsiaPacific, and the Americas. The company operates through three segments: Transportation Solutions, Industrial Solutions, and Communications Solutions. The Transportation Solutions segment provides terminals and connector systems and components, sensors, relays, antennas, and application tooling products for use in the automotive, commercial transportation, and sensor markets. The Industrial Solutions segment offers terminals and connector systems and components; and interventional medical components, relays, heat shrink tubing, and wires and cables for industrial equipment, aerospace, defense, marine, medical, and energy markets. The Communications Solutions segment supplies electronic components, such as terminals and connector systems and components, relays, heat shrink tubing, and antennas for the data and devices, and appliances markets. The company sells its products to approximately 140 countries primarily through direct sales to manufacturers, as well as through third-party distributors. The company was formerly known as Tyco Electronics Ltd. and changed its name to TE Connectivity Ltd. in March 2011. TE Connectivity Ltd. was founded in 1941 and is based in Schaffhausen, Switzerland.
About Insight Enterprises
Insight Enterprises, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides information technology, hardware, software, and services in the United States and internationally. The company offers modern platforms/infrastructure that manages and supports cloud and data platforms, modern networks, and edge technologies; cybersecurity solutions automates and connects modern platform securely; data and artificial intelligence modernizes data platforms and architectures, and build data analytics and AI solutions; modern workplace and apps; and intelligent edge solutions that gathers and utilizes data for real-time decision making. It also provides software maintenance solutions that offers clients to obtain software upgrades, bug fixes, help desk, and other support services; vendor direct support services contracts; and cloud/software-as-a-service subscription products. In addition, the company designs, procures, deploys, implements, and manages solutions that combine hardware, software, and services to help businesses. It serves construction, esports, financial services, health care and life sciences, manufacturing, retail and restaurant, service providers, small to medium business, and travel and tourism industries. Insight Enterprises, Inc., was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Chandler, Arizona.
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