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CTS CORP (CTS)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for CTS CORP. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q1 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About CTS CORP

CTS Corporation manufactures sensors, connectivity components, and actuators for original equipment manufacturers, tier one suppliers, and the U.S. Government. Its products serve the transportation, industrial, medical, aerospace, and defense markets, providing devices that sense, connect, or move within electronic systems. The company operates manufacturing facilities worldwide and sells its products primarily through sales engineers, distributors, and independent manufacturers' representatives.

Snapshot

Revenue
$541.3M
Revenue growth (YoY)
5.2%
Net income
$65.3M
Diluted EPS
$2.19
Gross margin
38.4%
Operating margin
15.3%
Net margin
12.1%
FCF margin
16.0%
ROE
11.8%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
23.7×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$1.61B
Long-term debt / equity
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Cts

  • Revenue grew 5.2% to $541M in FY2025, after a 6.5% decline the year before.
  • Operating margin is 15.3% in FY2025, +0.4 pp against 14.9% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q1 FY2026: revenue $139M, up 10.7% from Q1 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $86M in FY2025, 16.0% of revenue.
  • Net income rose 17.7% to $65M in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Cts’s fundamentals sit among the 625 Technology companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin38.4%
37th percentile of 509
Operating margin15.3%
78th percentile of 563
Net margin12.1%
72nd percentile of 577
FCF margin16.0%
64th percentile of 544
Revenue growth (YoY)+5.2%
37th percentile of 616
ROE11.8%
67th percentile of 540
P/E23.7×
39th percentile of 330
Short interest4.83d
69th percentile of 622

No reported insider purchases (code P) in the last 90 days; 1 insider sale totaling $1.5M. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 7 quant / multi-strat books among the superinvestors we track; no conviction manager currently reports a position.

Conviction investors
0
+7 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
3
0 new, 3 added
Reduced / exited
4
4 trimmed, 0 exited
Combined position
$58.0M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ2 2026$20.3M311.3KReduced
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$20.3M311.2KAdded
Millennium ManagementquantQ2 2026$7.4M112.9KAdded
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$3.5M53.2KAdded
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$2.9M44.7KReduced
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$2.9M43.8KReduced
Point72 Asset ManagementquantQ2 2026$778,69511.9KReduced

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
0
code P
Bought (90d)
code P value
Sells (90d)
1
$1.5M
Reported activity
Net selling
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-06-03
O'SULLIVAN KIERAN MPresident & CEOSell22.7K$66.67$1.5M
2026-06-02
filed 2026-06-03
O'SULLIVAN KIERAN MPresident & CEOSell60.4K$66.26$4.0M
2026-06-01
filed 2026-06-03
O'SULLIVAN KIERAN MPresident & CEOSell47.0K$63.31$3.0M

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S) — which may be open-market or private; excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
839.8K
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
+2.4%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
4.83
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
174.0K
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-14839.8K+2.4%4.83
2026-07-31820.3K-9.1%3.31
2026-07-15902.8K-17.8%3.27
2026-06-301.1M+77.0%2.20
2026-06-15620.5K+13.1%2.05
2026-05-29548.7K+5.8%1.99
2026-05-15518.8K-1.3%1.63
2026-04-30525.4K-17.7%2.18

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$541.3M$514.8M$550.4M$586.9M$512.9M
Gross profit$208.0M$187.6M$190.9M$210.5M$184.6M
Operating income$82.6M$71.2M$75.1M$93.0M$76.5M
Net income$65.3M$55.5M$60.5M$59.6M$-41.9M
Diluted EPS$2.19$1.81$1.92$1.85$-1.30

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Cash and equivalents$82.3M$94.3M$163.9M$156.9M$141.5M
Current assets$252.7M$242.2M$319.3M$325.8M$289.1M
Total assets$764.3M$765.4M$741.2M$748.5M$664.5M
Current liabilities$109.7M$98.5M$97.0M$112.5M$114.1M
Long-term debt
Total liabilities$212.5M$237.2M$214.3M$242.3M$200.9M
Total equity$551.8M$528.2M$526.8M$506.2M$463.6M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$102.1M$98.2M$88.8M$121.2M$86.1M
Capital expenditure$15.7M$18.6M$14.7M$14.3M$15.6M
Free cash flow$86.4M$79.6M$74.1M$106.9M$70.5M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q1 FY2026$139.2M10.7%$17.2M$0.59
Q4 FY2025$137.3M8.5%$19.7M$0.67
Q3 FY2025$143.0M8.0%$13.7M$0.46
Q2 FY2025$135.3M4.0%$18.5M$0.62
Q1 FY2025$125.8M0.0%$13.4M$0.44
Q4 FY2024$126.5M1.4%$11.6M$0.38
Q3 FY2024$132.4M-1.6%$18.1M$0.59
Q2 FY2024$130.2M-10.3%$14.7M$0.48

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNYSE
SectorTechnology
SIC industryPrinted Circuit Boards
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 31, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ1 FY2026 (ended March 31, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2009
SEC CIK26058

Selected SEC filings

10-K2026-02-24
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10-Q2026-07-28
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10-Q2026-04-29
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8-K2026-07-28
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8-K2026-07-28
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8-K2026-06-25
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8-K2026-05-19
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.