KE vs. SMTX, TTMI, CTS, BHE, NNDM, ELTK, KTCC, SGMA, TMPO, and JBL
Should you be buying Kimball Electronics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kimball Electronics include SMTC (SMTX), TTM Technologies (TTMI), CTS (CTS), Benchmark Electronics (BHE), Nano Dimension (NNDM), Eltek (ELTK), Key Tronic (KTCC), SigmaTron International (SGMA), Tempo Automation (TMPO), and Jabil (JBL). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
SMTC (NASDAQ:SMTX) and Kimball Electronics (NASDAQ:KE) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Kimball Electronics received 161 more outperform votes than SMTC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.99% of users gave Kimball Electronics an outperform vote while only 40.73% of users gave SMTC an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Kimball Electronics had 2 more articles in the media than SMTC. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Kimball Electronics and 0 mentions for SMTC. SMTC's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat Kimball Electronics' score of 0.00 indicating that Kimball Electronics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kimball Electronics has higher revenue and earnings than SMTC. Kimball Electronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SMTC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kimball Electronics has a consensus target price of $33.33, indicating a potential upside of 46.65%. Given SMTC's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kimball Electronics is more favorable than SMTC.
18.5% of SMTC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.0% of Kimball Electronics shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.0% of SMTC shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Kimball Electronics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Kimball Electronics has a net margin of 1.81% compared to Kimball Electronics' net margin of 1.06%. Kimball Electronics' return on equity of 24.48% beat SMTC's return on equity.
SMTC has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kimball Electronics has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Kimball Electronics beats SMTC on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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