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CTS Corporation makes components that give electronic systems inputs, connect and synchronize systems, or produce movement: sensors, connectivity components and actuators. Equipment manufacturers and their major suppliers buy these parts for transportation, industrial, medical, and aerospace and defense products; CTS also sells to the U.S. Government. Most sales come through CTS’s sales engineers, who work with large customers to develop parts for their specific requirements, rather than through distributors selling standard components.
Transportation is its largest market. A substantial share of revenue comes from a small group of customers, including Toyota and Cummins, which buy parts for particular vehicle platforms. Customer volume estimates generally are not firm commitments, so revenue depends on the orders customers actually place and their production levels.
Manufacturing also depends on essential materials and parts, some sourced from a limited number of suppliers or a single supplier. CTS handles hazardous materials and must meet environmental and safety requirements; changes to or loss of permits can limit or halt production at affected facilities.
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Cummins, absent from this list, accounted for 8.4% of CTS sales in 2025, making its commercial-vehicle production another important driver to watch.
Sensata competes with CTS to supply vehicle makers and their direct suppliers with sensors tailored to particular vehicle platforms. Watch which platforms select Sensata’s sensors: it says customers rarely replace them during a platform’s typical five-to-seven-year life, limiting openings for rivals such as CTS.
Littelfuse overlaps with CTS in selling sensing products to vehicle makers and their direct suppliers, and electronic components to industrial customers. Its sensing business for passenger and commercial vehicles and its industrial component sales are the relevant areas to watch for demand among customers both companies serve.
Toyota buys CTS parts for vehicle platforms and accounted for 11.2% of CTS sales in 2025, so changes in its orders directly matter to CTS. Watch Toyota’s parts orders for those platforms rather than its financial-services revenue.
KNOWLES CORPORATION and CTS both depend on defense, medical and industrial equipment customers choosing their customized electronic components and putting equipment into production. Watch Knowles’ business supplying custom capacitors and radio-frequency components to those markets for a read on demand also relevant to CTS’s sensors, connectivity components and actuators.
KNOWLES CORPORATION earningsKN
Knowles’ report will show demand for custom electronic components among industrial, medical, and defense equipment customers who also buy CTS Corporation’s sensors, connectivity components, and actuators.
Look at Knowles’ sales and order commentary for industrial, medical, and defense-related business. Strength would suggest customers in these shared markets are still choosing components and putting equipment into production, supporting demand for CTS Corporation too. Weakness would flag softer demand in those markets, but would not establish that CTS’s orders also fell.
CTS Corporation earningsThis company
CTS Corporation's report will show whether industrial, medical, and aerospace and defense sales can offset weakness in transportation while margins hold up.
Read sales by end market alongside gross margin. Transportation accounted for 43% of CTS Corporation’s 2025 sales. If industrial, medical, and aerospace and defense sales offset a weaker transportation market while gross margin holds, demand is broadening without costs erasing the gains. If sales remain dependent on transportation and gross margin slips, the business is still exposed to its largest market and cost pressure.
Sensata Technologies Holding plc earningsST
Sensata’s report will show how its vehicle-sensor business and platform selections are developing, revealing the openings CTS Corporation may have to compete for.
Read Sensata’s vehicle-sensor sales alongside its customer platform selections. If it keeps winning programs, suppliers are rarely replaced during a platform’s typical five-to-seven-year life, leaving fewer openings for CTS Corporation. Weaker program selection could create openings, but only if production demand for the relevant vehicles holds up.
Durable Goods Orders MoM (Sep)
Durable-goods orders track purchases of long-lasting goods and equipment; stronger orders can lead transportation, aerospace and defense, and industrial customers to buy more of CTS’s engineered components, while weaker orders can reduce those sales.
Expected0.2%Last release-0.1%
If it comes in above expectations
If the reading is above the 0.2% estimate, it is above the previous -0.1%. More orders can prompt these customers to increase purchases of CTS sensors, connectivity components and actuators, supporting sales as the products are delivered.
If it comes in below expectations
Fewer orders can lead these customers to defer or cancel purchases, reducing CTS component deliveries and sales.
Fed Interest Rate Decision
The Fed’s policy-rate decision tracks the central bank’s benchmark borrowing rate; changes can affect interest CTS pays on its $57.5 million of revolver debt and, in turn, its earnings.
Expected4.0%Last release4.0%
If it comes in above expectations
A higher policy rate can raise costs if CTS’s debt reprices or it borrows anew, reducing earnings; the filing does not say whether its current borrowing rate is fixed or floating.
If it comes in below expectations
A lower policy rate can reduce costs if CTS’s debt reprices or it borrows anew, supporting earnings; the filing does not say whether its current borrowing rate is fixed or floating.
Toyota Motor Corporation earningsTM
Toyota’s report will show how production is trending for vehicle platforms that use CTS Corporation parts; Toyota accounted for 11.2% of CTS Corporation’s sales in 2025.
Focus on Toyota’s production and order information for the relevant vehicle platforms, not its financial-services results. Stronger production and demand would support this important customer channel for CTS Corporation; weakness could pressure demand for related parts, but Toyota’s overall results do not reveal how much it buys from CTS.
Industrial Production MoM (Oct)
Industrial production and capacity use track how much factories, mines and utilities produce relative to their ability to produce; stronger activity can increase industrial and transportation customers’ purchases of CTS components, while weaker activity can reduce sales and leave CTS with excess capacity.
Stronger industrial production and capacity use may support component orders from CTS’s industrial and transportation customers; weaker activity may reduce those orders and leave CTS with excess capacity.
