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.
Celestica (NYSE:CLS) and Sanmina (NASDAQ:SANM) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.
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.
Celestica has a beta of 2.28, indicating that its share price is 128% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sanmina has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
67.4% of Celestica shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of Sanmina shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Celestica shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Sanmina shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Celestica presently has a consensus target price of $45.56, indicating a potential downside of 12.78%. Sanmina has a consensus target price of $62.33, indicating a potential downside of 5.20%. Given Celestica's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Sanmina is more favorable than Celestica.
In the previous week, Celestica had 6 more articles in the media than Sanmina. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Celestica and 5 mentions for Sanmina. Celestica's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Sanmina's score of 0.84 indicating that Sanmina is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Celestica has a net margin of 3.86% compared to Celestica's net margin of 3.11%. Sanmina's return on equity of 18.25% beat Celestica's return on equity.
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.
Summary
Sanmina beats Celestica on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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