BHE vs. IPGP, SANM, PLXS, TTMI, MRCY, CTS, MEI, PKE, KTCC, and NEON
Should you be buying Benchmark Electronics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Benchmark Electronics include IPG Photonics (IPGP), Sanmina (SANM), Plexus (PLXS), TTM Technologies (TTMI), Mercury Systems (MRCY), CTS (CTS), Methode Electronics (MEI), Park Aerospace (PKE), Key Tronic (KTCC), and Neonode (NEON). These companies are all part of the "electronic manufacturing services" industry.
IPG Photonics (NASDAQ:IPGP) and Benchmark Electronics (NYSE:BHE) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking and risk.
IPG Photonics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Benchmark Electronics. IPG Photonics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Benchmark Electronics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, IPG Photonics had 12 more articles in the media than Benchmark Electronics. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for IPG Photonics and 4 mentions for Benchmark Electronics. IPG Photonics' average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Benchmark Electronics' score of 0.18 indicating that Benchmark Electronics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
IPG Photonics has a net margin of 15.34% compared to IPG Photonics' net margin of 2.34%. Benchmark Electronics' return on equity of 7.67% beat IPG Photonics' return on equity.
IPG Photonics received 231 more outperform votes than Benchmark Electronics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.33% of users gave IPG Photonics an outperform vote while only 58.86% of users gave Benchmark Electronics an outperform vote.
93.8% of IPG Photonics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.3% of Benchmark Electronics shares are owned by institutional investors. 38.0% of IPG Photonics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Benchmark Electronics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
IPG Photonics has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Benchmark Electronics has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
IPG Photonics currently has a consensus target price of $110.40, indicating a potential upside of 30.11%. Benchmark Electronics has a consensus target price of $36.50, indicating a potential downside of 17.35%. Given Benchmark Electronics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe IPG Photonics is more favorable than Benchmark Electronics.
Summary
IPG Photonics beats Benchmark Electronics on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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