SANM vs. CLS, KE, JBL, TRMB, FN, IPGP, PLXS, TTMI, MRCY, and CTS
Should you be buying Sanmina stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sanmina include Celestica (CLS), Kimball Electronics (KE), Jabil (JBL), Trimble (TRMB), Fabrinet (FN), IPG Photonics (IPGP), Plexus (PLXS), TTM Technologies (TTMI), Mercury Systems (MRCY), and CTS (CTS). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Sanmina (NASDAQ:SANM) and Celestica (NYSE:CLS) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, community ranking, profitability and institutional ownership.
Sanmina has higher revenue and earnings than Celestica. Sanmina is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Celestica, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sanmina has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Celestica has a beta of 2.28, indicating that its stock price is 128% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Celestica has a net margin of 3.86% compared to Sanmina's net margin of 3.11%. Celestica's return on equity of 18.25% beat Sanmina's return on equity.
Sanmina presently has a consensus price target of $62.33, indicating a potential downside of 5.37%. Celestica has a consensus price target of $45.56, indicating a potential downside of 13.23%. Given Sanmina's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Sanmina is more favorable than Celestica.
Sanmina received 96 more outperform votes than Celestica when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.27% of users gave Sanmina an outperform vote while only 55.57% of users gave Celestica an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Celestica had 5 more articles in the media than Sanmina. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Celestica and 6 mentions for Sanmina. Sanmina's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Celestica's score of 0.78 indicating that Sanmina is being referred to more favorably in the media.
92.7% of Sanmina shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.4% of Celestica shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Sanmina shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Celestica shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Sanmina beats Celestica on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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