CTS Corporation CTS

Competitive advantage analysis · technology

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
71/100
Moderate

Ranked against 51 peers in Electronic Components

About CTS Corporation

CTS Corporation designs, manufactures, and sells sensors, connectivity components, and actuators in North America, Europe, and Asia. The company offers controls, pedals, sensors, switches, transducers, and piezo sensing products; EMI/RFI filters, capacitors, resistors, RF filters, and frequency control products; and piezo microactuators and rotary actuators. It serves transportation, industrial, medical, aerospace, and defense industries. The company sells and markets its … Full CTS analysis →

Key strengths

  • Margins Stable Across Cycles Operating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.88), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.
  • Revenue Growth Consistent Revenue growth volatility is low (stability score 0.79), suggesting sticky customer base.

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Pricing Power

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Where CTS ranks in Electronic Components

CTS Corporation ranks #10 of 52 scored companies in Electronic Components by moat score — the top 19%. The widest moat in the group is Universal Display Corporation (OLED) at 82/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
6 OSI Systems, Inc. OSIS 72/100 Moderate
7 Fabrinet FN 71/100 Moderate
8 Bel Fuse Inc. BELFA 71/100 Moderate
9 Bel Fuse Inc. BELFB 71/100 Moderate
10 CTS Corporation CTS 71/100 Moderate
11 Corning Incorporated GLW 65/100 Moderate
12 Celestica, Inc. CLS 65/100 Moderate
13 Allient Inc. ALNT 64/100 Moderate
14 Daktronics, Inc. DAKT 64/100 Moderate

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How CTS scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 81 · 20% of the moat score

Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.

Cost Advantage

Score 68 · 15% of the moat score

A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.

Customer Stickiness

Score 85 · 15% of the moat score

Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.

Capital Efficiency

Score 62 · 18% of the moat score

Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.

Resilience

Score 64 · 17% of the moat score

Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.

Scale & Market Position

Score 62 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding CTS's moat

What is CTS Corporation's moat score?

CTS Corporation (CTS) scores 70 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #10 of 52 scored companies in Electronic Components, the top 19%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 51 companies in Electronic Components. Its strongest defense is Customer Stickiness (85/100) and its weakest is Capital Efficiency (62/100).

How does CTS Corporation compare with other Electronic Components companies?

CTS Corporation ranks #10 of 52 scored companies in Electronic Components by moat score. The widest moat in Electronic Components is Universal Display Corporation (OLED) at 82/100. The companies ranked closest are Bel Fuse Inc. (BELFB) at 70 just above it and Corning Incorporated (GLW) at 65 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 51 companies in Electronic Components. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is CTS Corporation scored with the Corporate Default template?

Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.

Which competitive defenses are measured for CTS Corporation?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and CTS scores: Pricing Power (81), Cost Advantage (68), Customer Stickiness (85), Capital Efficiency (62), Resilience (64), Scale & Market Position (62). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.

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