CTS CORP (CTS)
Information Technology · electronic components and sensors · NYSE
CTS Corporation is a global designer and manufacturer of sensors, actuators, and precision electronic components essential for automotive, medical, and industrial systems.
What CTS CORP does
CTS Corporation designs and manufactures sensors, actuators, and electronic components for the transportation, medical, industrial, and aerospace and defense markets. The company provides critical technology solutions that improve performance and reliability in complex systems, including motion control and sensing applications.
Themes: transportation electrification, medical technology, industrial automation, aerospace technology
Fundamentals
- Price$57.31 as of 2026-10-08 close
- Market cap$1.6B as of 2026-04-22 (share count; price 2026-10-08)
- 1-year return+47.8% 2025-10-08 close $38.77 → 2026-10-08 close $57.31
- P/E23.96 as of 2026-10-08
- Net margin+12.1% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- Gross margin+38.4% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- ROE+11.8% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- Debt / equity0.10 as of 2026-09-03
- Revenue growth (YoY)+8.3% as of 2026-09-03
- Revenue CAGR (3y)-2.7% SEC XBRL
- Beta1.25 as of 2026-09-03
- Last reported earnings2026-07-28 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
Dividend: yield +0.3%; at least 17 years of non-decreasing per-share dividends (SEC XBRL) — we do not hold the year before it, so the real streak may be longer.
How CTS compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiomiddle range 253 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-10-08
- net profit marginmiddle range 380 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-09-03
- operating margintop 25% 375 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-09-03
- gross marginmiddle range 311 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-09-03
- return on equitymiddle range 370 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-09-03
- 3-year revenue CAGRbottom 25% 385 covered Information Technology peers
- indicated dividend yieldbottom 25% 108 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-09-03
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)middle range 382 covered Information Technology peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Information Technology companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Dividend coverage (FY2025)
Covered by reported results. In FY2025, CTS's dividend was covered by reported results (earnings payout 7%, free-cash-flow payout 6%). This describes past coverage, not a forecast.
- Earnings payout7% dividends / net income
- Free-cash-flow payout6% dividends / (operating cash flow − capex)
Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2025 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.
How CTS CORP looks technically
CTS CORP (CTS) is trading 2.2% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 205 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. There is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 15, below the 25 that marks a real trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 41, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). It made a new 20-day high about 4 trading days ago. It is 17.6% below its highest point of the past year.
Trend
7
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 2.2% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +2.2% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $59.76 | $59.76 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $56.08 | $56.08 |
| Swing structure | each recent peak has been lower than the one before it and each dip deeper — the pattern chart-watchers call a downtrend, which describes where price has already been and not where it goes next | lower highs and lower lows |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 28 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 28 sessions |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 205 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 205 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | there is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 15, below the 25 that marks a real trend) | 14.5 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 41, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 41.2 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading right at the bottom of its 14-day range ($57.26 to $63.10) — its "stochastic" reading is 1 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been slipping within that range over the last few sessions. | 0.9 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, is in positive territory (momentum leaning bullish) | 20 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $69.55 | $69.55 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 17.6% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -17.6% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 59.1% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +59.1% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 17.6% below its highest point of the past year | 17.6% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day high about 4 trading days ago | 4 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day low about 33 trading days ago | 33 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $69.55 (set on 2026-06-25) | $69.55 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($36.47 to $68.31), and it has given back roughly a third of its rise from last year’s low — 35% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $47.61 to $48.63. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 34.5% |
| From the all-time high | it is 17.6% below its all-time high | -17.6% |
| Nearest price level | it is sitting right on a support level at $57.06 — a price it turned at four times since 2024-11-25, most recently on 2026-07-17. Since 2024-10-08 it has 12 such levels below the current price and 2 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -0.4% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $2.11 (set on 2009-03-09) | $2.11 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 2616.1% above its all-time low | +2,616% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are narrower than usual versus its own recent 6-month history (tighter than about 84% of it) | 16th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $1.78 between its high and its low — about 3.1% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $1.78 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $56.05 and $61.69 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $56.05 – $58.87 – $61.69 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 3.1% in a typical session — about typical for the companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 3.1% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 0.7 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (2.2% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 0.7 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.92× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | not available for this company yet | n/a |
Candlestick patterns
1
| Since a bearish engulfing | 2 sessions ago it opened above the previous session's close and finished below that session's open — a "bearish engulfing" pair, where one down day more than undid the up day before it | 2 sessions ago |
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Price gaps
2
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-10-08 0.9% below the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | -0.9% |
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| Gap filled | a 2.3% gap up opened on 2026-09-17 has been "filled" 14 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it took 1 session to close | 14 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it has closed lower 3 sessions in a row, a -6.98% move over the run — an unbroken run of down days, which describes what has already happened and says nothing about the next session | 3 sessions down |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock has tracked the market almost exactly (the stock gained 1.0% while the market gained 1.0%) | -0.0% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 6.8 percentage points (the stock lost 3.0% while the market gained 3.8%) | -6.8% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock beat the market by 1.0 percentage points (the stock gained 18.4% while the market gained 17.5%) | +1.0% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 32.8 percentage points (the stock gained 47.8% while the market gained 15.0%) | +32.8% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 5 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average, MACD momentum is positive, outperforming the market over 6 months, near the bottom of its 14-day range (oversold) — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 5 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 1 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it is currently in a bearish state: trading below the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 1 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 3.3% below the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-09-01 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established downtrend, with the band above acting as the level that would have to be cleared. The band itself is moderate, spanning 5.5% of the share price. | -3.3% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 1% below the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $58.10 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 190 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -1.4% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 5% below the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-07-28 (its 10-Q), so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $60.01 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 52 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -4.5% |
Price levels it has turned at before
CTS last closed at $57.31 on 2026-10-08. Since 2024-10-08 it has turned at 12 prices below its last close and 2 above; the 3 nearest below and the 2 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $57.06 | Support | 0.4% below the last close | turned there four times · 2024-11-25 to 2026-07-17 |
| $55.45 | Support | 3.3% below the last close | turned there four times · 2026-05-19 to 2026-09-10 |
| $59.67 | Resistance | 4.1% above the last close | turned there twice · 2024-11-08 to 2026-02-10 |
| $53.78 | Support | 6.2% below the last close | turned there three times · 2024-12-27 to 2026-04-22 |
| $68.29 | Resistance | 19.2% above the last close | turned there twice · 2026-06-12 to 2026-08-07 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
No Elliott-wave labelling currently fits its swings: the recent highs and lows do not satisfy the three rules a five-wave count has to obey, so there is no count to show rather than a count we are unsure about.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-10-08.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading above the 200-day moving average · trendless / choppy (low ADX) · At the bottom of its 14-day range (stochastic below 20) · Trading at this year’s average price paid (anchored VWAP) · Under water since its last earnings report (below the anchored VWAP) · Trading below the Ichimoku cloud | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · breakout · fifty two week high low
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-10-08. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingStrong Buy (1.50 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 3 analysts
- Mean price target$70.67 range $65.00 – $80.00; median $67.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-10-08. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for CTS
- Consensus EPS estimate$0.6533 next reporting period, as of 2026-10-08
- Estimate change, 30 days-$0.01167 (-1.8%) from $0.665, on 2026-09-03, 35-day window
- Readings revised upward0% of 8 comparable readings
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Sensitivity to cyclical demand in automotive and industrial end-markets.","Risks associated with international manufacturing operations and supply chain disruptions."]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of CTS's 10-Q filed 2026-07-28 against the prior one filed 2026-04-29.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Newer filing (2026-07-28) adds a 'Recent Developments' section announcing the promotion of Pratik Trivedi to President and Chief Executive Officer effective July 6, 2026, succeeding Kieran O'Sullivan who will remain on the Board and serve as Executive Chair, and that Mr. Trivedi became a Board member effective July 6, 2026.
- Newer filing (2026-07-28) reports second quarter 2026 versus second quarter 2025 results of operations, including a net sales increase of $9,471 or 7.0%, gross margin increase of $7,617 or 14.5%, SG&A expenses increase to $28,390, R&D expenses decrease to $4,763 due to a $1,634 one-time customer reimbursement, restructuring charges of $94, total other expense of $563, effective tax rate of 27.0%, and net earnings of $19,164.
- Newer filing (2026-07-28) states the increase in SG&A expenses was driven by higher incentive compensation expense and a reduction to an acquisition earnout liability in the second quarter of 2025.
- Newer filing (2026-07-28) states the increase in effective income tax rate to 27.0% is primarily attributable to the establishment of valuation allowance against certain tax credits.
- Newer filing (2026-07-28) states other expense, net is due to foreign currency losses, primarily related to the Euro, and interest expense decreased due to lower borrowings on the Revolving Credit Facility during the second quarter of 2026.
- Removed:
- Older filing (2026-04-29) includes 'geopolitical conflicts, availability and cost of rare earth elements, minerals, and metals' in the list of challenges; this phrase does not appear in the newer filing.
- Older filing (2026-04-29) describes customers as 'tier one suppliers' for the aerospace and defense, industrial, medical, and transportation markets; newer filing states 'tier one suppliers and distributors'.
- Older filing (2026-04-29) includes first quarter 2026 versus first quarter 2025 results of operations and a Liquidity and Capital Resources section with cash and debt balances as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025; these sections are not present in the newer filing.
- Reworded:
- Newer filing (2026-07-28) changes the header 'Results of Operations: First Quarter 2026 versus First Quarter 2025' to 'Results of Operations: Second Quarter 2026 versus Second Quarter 2025' and presents comparative quarters ended June 30 instead of March 31.
- Newer filing (2026-07-28) begins a six months ended June 30 comparison table; the provided older filing text does not include a corresponding six-month section.
- Older filing (2026-04-29) says 'tier one suppliers for the aerospace and defense...' while newer filing says 'tier one suppliers and distributors for the aerospace and defense...'.
- Older filing (2026-04-29) attributes increase in effective tax rate to 'a change in mix of earnings taxed at higher rates'; newer filing attributes increase to 'the establishment of valuation allowance against certain tax credits'.
- Notes:
- The newer filing text appears truncated at the six-month results table ('Research and development expenses 11,398 12,'); content beyond that point, if any, was not compared.
- The older filing text ends mid-sentence ('Total long-term debt was $62,500 as of March 31, 2026 and $57,500 as'), so the remainder of the older filing was not compared.
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
No open-market insider purchases or sales recorded in the last 90 days, of which we have read Form 4 filings through 2026-10-04. The 5 days since 2026-10-04 have not been checked yet.
- Last 180 days · read to 2026-10-040 buys · 3 sells ($8M) — 1 selling insider
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-06-03. Based on Form 4 filings read through 2026-10-04; anything filed since is not yet included.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about CTS's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
5 institutional 13F filers reported holding CTS as of 2026-06-30 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 5
- Reported shares held 6,117,648
- Reported value $398,855,370
reported quarterly holdings change (2026-03-31 → 2026-06-30): 0 new, 4 increased, 1 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
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Short interest (FINRA)
CTS had 1,041,368 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
CTS had 3.64% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 5.08 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 1,041,368
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 3.64%
- Prior settlement (shares) 897,070
- Reported change 16.09%
- Days to cover (reported) 5.08
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-09-15 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Sensata Technologies (ST)
- TE Connectivity (TEL)
- Amphenol (APH)
- TT Electronics (TTG.L)
- Vishay Intertechnology (VSH)
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Frequently asked questions
What does CTS CORP (CTS) do?
CTS Corporation designs and manufactures sensors, actuators, and electronic components for the transportation, medical, industrial, and aerospace and defense markets. The company provides critical technology solutions that improve performance and reliability in complex systems, including motion control and sensing applications.
What sector is CTS CORP (CTS) in?
CTS CORP (CTS) is classified in the Information Technology sector. Its industry is electronic components and sensors. It trades on NYSE.
Does CTS pay a dividend?
Yes — CTS CORP (CTS) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 0.27% and at least 17 years of non-decreasing per-share dividends (SEC EDGAR XBRL) — we do not hold the year before it, so the real streak may be longer (market data, as of 2026-09-03). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are CTS CORP's (CTS) competitors?
Notable peers of CTS CORP (CTS) include Sensata Technologies, TE Connectivity, Amphenol, TT Electronics and Vishay Intertechnology. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is CTS CORP (CTS) overbought or oversold right now?
CTS CORP (CTS) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 41, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-10-08). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on CTS come from?
Fundamentals come from SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest; prices are market data, as of 2026-09-03; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-10-08.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.