JBL vs. TRMB, FN, IPGP, SANM, PLXS, TTMI, MRCY, CTS, BHE, and MEI
Should you be buying Jabil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Jabil include Trimble (TRMB), Fabrinet (FN), IPG Photonics (IPGP), Sanmina (SANM), Plexus (PLXS), TTM Technologies (TTMI), Mercury Systems (MRCY), CTS (CTS), Benchmark Electronics (BHE), and Methode Electronics (MEI). These companies are all part of the "electronic manufacturing services" industry.
Jabil (NYSE:JBL) and Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability and media sentiment.
Jabil has higher revenue and earnings than Trimble. Jabil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trimble, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Jabil has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trimble has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
93.4% of Jabil shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.2% of Trimble shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Jabil shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Trimble shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Jabil had 5 more articles in the media than Trimble. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Jabil and 6 mentions for Trimble. Trimble's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Jabil's score of 1.16 indicating that Trimble is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Trimble has a net margin of 6.25% compared to Jabil's net margin of 4.70%. Jabil's return on equity of 39.47% beat Trimble's return on equity.
Jabil presently has a consensus price target of $144.50, indicating a potential upside of 26.89%. Trimble has a consensus price target of $66.67, indicating a potential upside of 21.23%. Given Jabil's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Jabil is more favorable than Trimble.
Jabil received 90 more outperform votes than Trimble when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.35% of users gave Trimble an outperform vote while only 66.56% of users gave Jabil an outperform vote.
Summary
Jabil beats Trimble on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding JBL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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