Plexus (POS) Competitors

Plexus (LON:POS) and Petrofac (LON:PFC) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in POS or PFC?

27.4% of Petrofac shares are owned by institutional investors. 63.9% of Plexus shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.5% of Petrofac shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer POS or PFC?

Petrofac received 593 more outperform votes than Plexus when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.18% of users gave Plexus an outperform vote while only 71.05% of users gave Petrofac an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Plexus	Outperform Votes 163 71.18%	Underperform Votes 66 28.82%
Petrofac	Outperform Votes 756 71.05%	Underperform Votes 308 28.95%

Is POS or PFC a better dividend stock?

Plexus pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.4%. Petrofac pays an annual dividend of GBX 30 per share and has a dividend yield of 753.8%. Plexus pays out 35.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Petrofac pays out -36.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Petrofac is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer POS or PFC?

In the previous week, Petrofac had 2 more articles in the media than Plexus. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Petrofac and 0 mentions for Plexus. Plexus' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Petrofac'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Plexus	Neutral
Petrofac	Neutral

Is POS or PFC more profitable?

Plexus has a net margin of 23.05% compared to Petrofac's net margin of -21.67%. Petrofac's return on equity of 108.19% beat Plexus' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Plexus	23.05%	19.48%	0.01%
Petrofac	-21.67%	108.19%	-9.55%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, POS or PFC?

Plexus has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Petrofac. Petrofac is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Plexus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Plexus	£12.72M	0.67	£2.93M	£2.78	2.89
Petrofac	£3.30B	0.01	-£714.53M	-£81.55	-0.05

Which has more risk and volatility, POS or PFC?

Plexus has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Petrofac has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Plexus and Petrofac tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.