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CTS Corporation CTS
$61.60 +2.99% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $1.76B
Low risk
Next earnings report: Oct 27, 2026
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Three things to know
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 216 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $564.8M, up 8.4% from a year earlier.
- Over the past year the stock returned +55.6%, ahead of the S&P 500 by 40.5 percentage points.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth27Very weak
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 38%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 50%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 34%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 22%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 49%
Quality71Positive
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 27%
- Gross marginBottom 35%
- Operating marginTop 22%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 45%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 40%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 45%
- Interest coverTop 16%
Value68Positive
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 24%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 35%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 22%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 42%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 31%
Momentum78Positive
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 23%
- 6-month returnTop 47%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 26%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 22%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 18%
Revisions22Very weak
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 43%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 48%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 5%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 42%
Stability87Strong
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 6%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 12%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 47%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 45%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 7.8% | 8.4% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 18.8% | 12.8% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 37.8% | 39.3% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 15.8% | 16.2% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 16.8% | 16.2% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 8.4% | 7.8% | ↑ | Bottom 38% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 12.8% | 18.8% | ↓ | Bottom 50% |
| Gross margin | 39.3% | 37.8% | ↑ | Bottom 35% |
| Operating margin | 16.2% | 15.8% | ↑ | Top 22% |
| Net margin | 12.4% | 12.3% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 16.2% | 16.8% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 9.8% | — | Top 27% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -2.6% | — | Bottom 22% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.56×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -5.0%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.2%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -3.9 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 0.06×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 21.8×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.26%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.32%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.58%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -3.5%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -3.0%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 28, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 3
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +10.6%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.4%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $73.50
- Target vs current price
- +19.3%
- Analysts with a rating
- 4
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 25%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2026 | +21.3% | +7.3% | +8.0% | -7.1% | — |
| Apr 29, 2026 | +19.2% | +0.3% | +7.0% | +20.0% | +10.5% |
| Feb 10, 2026 | +3.3% | +3.1% | +0.8% | -13.4% | +8.0% |
| Oct 28, 2025 | -1.6% | -4.5% | -1.9% | -0.3% | +17.2% |
| Jul 24, 2025 | +3.6% | +3.9% | +0.1% | +2.7% | +1.4% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | -10.2% | -4.5% | -2.5% | +1.1% | +3.9% |
| Feb 4, 2025 | -10.2% | -4.5% | -5.5% | -14.0% | -22.7% |
| Oct 29, 2024 | +10.5% | +2.5% | +6.1% | +14.3% | +5.2% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2026 | $0.74 | $0.61 | +21.3% | $144.8M |
| Apr 29, 2026 | $0.62 | $0.52 | +19.2% | $139.2M |
| Feb 10, 2026 | $0.62 | $0.60 | +3.3% | $137.3M |
| Oct 28, 2025 | $0.60 | $0.61 | -1.6% | $143.0M |
| Jul 24, 2025 | $0.57 | $0.55 | +3.6% | $135.3M |
| Apr 30, 2025 | $0.44 | $0.49 | -10.2% | $125.8M |
| Feb 4, 2025 | $0.53 | $0.59 | -10.2% | $127.4M |
| Oct 29, 2024 | $0.63 | $0.57 | +10.5% | $132.4M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 25.9× | 23.4× | 76th | Top 24% |
| P/E (forward) | 23.2× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 13.4× | — | — | Top 22% |
| EV / Sales | 3.13× | — | — | Top 42% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 5.20% | — | — | Top 35% |
| Earnings yield | 3.86% | — | — | Top 24% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 19.3× – 27.9× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +55.6%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +12.8%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +36.8%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 1
- Days above the 200-day average
- 216
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.9%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +2.8%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +2.8%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +9.8%
- RSI (14)
- 65.7
- Relative volume
- 1.00×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 31.3%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 42th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.39
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.61
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -9.8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -40.7%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 6, 2024 | Apr 8, 2025 | -40.7% | 103 days | 270 days (May 6, 2026) |
| Mar 31, 2023 | Oct 30, 2023 | -27.6% | 146 days | 128 days (May 3, 2024) |
| Jun 1, 2021 | Oct 15, 2021 | -22.8% | 96 days | 147 days (May 17, 2022) |
| Jun 1, 2022 | Jun 23, 2022 | -20.7% | 15 days | 31 days (Aug 8, 2022) |
| Jan 7, 2021 | Apr 29, 2021 | -19.2% | 77 days | 14 days (May 19, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $1.76B
- P/E (TTM)
- 25.9
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $2.38
- Revenue (TTM)
- $564.8M
- Dividend yield
- 0.26%
- 52-week range
- $36.03 – $69.55
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $512.9M | $586.9M | $550.6M | $515.5M | $542.2M |
| Gross profit | $183.2M | $209.6M | $188.2M | $188.2M | $208.7M |
| Operating income | $76.8M | $94.0M | $79.5M | $76.5M | $84.7M |
| Net income | -$41.9M | $59.6M | $60.5M | $58.1M | $65.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$1.30 | $1.85 | $1.92 | $1.89 | $2.19 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $132.4M | $127.3M | $125.8M | $135.5M | $143.2M | $137.6M | $139.5M | $144.5M |
| Net income | $18.7M | $13.6M | $13.4M | $18.5M | $13.7M | $19.7M | $17.2M | $19.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.61 | $0.44 | $0.44 | $0.62 | $0.46 | $0.67 | $0.59 | $0.66 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $86.1M | $121.2M | $88.8M | $99.3M | $102.1M |
| Capital expenditure | -$15.6M | -$14.3M | -$14.7M | -$18.6M | -$15.7M |
| Free cash flow | $70.5M | $106.9M | $74.1M | $80.6M | $86.4M |
| Dividends paid | -$5.2M | -$5.1M | -$5.0M | -$4.9M | -$4.8M |
| Net share buybacks | -$8.8M | -$21.4M | -$40.9M | -$42.6M | -$56.2M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $107.5M
- Total assets
- $791.5M
- Total liabilities
- $218.7M
- Total debt
- $115.7M
- Net debt
- $8.1M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $572.8M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 28, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 2026 | $0.04 | Oct 23, 2026 |
| Jun 26, 2026 | $0.04 | Jul 24, 2026 |
| Mar 27, 2026 | $0.04 | Apr 24, 2026 |
| Dec 26, 2025 | $0.04 | Jan 23, 2026 |
| Sep 26, 2025 | $0.04 | Oct 24, 2025 |
| Jun 27, 2025 | $0.04 | Jul 25, 2025 |
| Mar 28, 2025 | $0.04 | Apr 25, 2025 |
| Dec 27, 2024 | $0.04 | Jan 31, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,041,368
- Days to cover
- 5.08
- Change vs previous report
- +16.1%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Aug 13, 1999
- 2-for-1
- Nov 25, 1997
- 3-for-1
- May 7, 1973
- 3-for-2