FLEX vs. JBL, CLS, SANM, JNPR, JKHY, NVT, BRKR, ZG, AZPN, and CYBR
Should you be buying Flex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Flex include Jabil (JBL), Celestica (CLS), Sanmina (SANM), Juniper Networks (JNPR), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), nVent Electric (NVT), Bruker (BRKR), Zillow Group (ZG), Aspen Technology (AZPN), and CyberArk Software (CYBR). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Flex (NASDAQ:FLEX) and Jabil (NYSE:JBL) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Flex has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jabil has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Jabil has higher revenue and earnings than Flex. Jabil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Flex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Flex had 18 more articles in the media than Jabil. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Flex and 6 mentions for Jabil. Jabil's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Flex's score of 0.18 indicating that Jabil is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
94.3% of Flex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.4% of Jabil shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Flex shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Jabil shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Jabil received 112 more outperform votes than Flex when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.53% of users gave Jabil an outperform vote while only 62.15% of users gave Flex an outperform vote.
Jabil has a net margin of 4.70% compared to Flex's net margin of 2.56%. Jabil's return on equity of 39.27% beat Flex's return on equity.
Flex currently has a consensus target price of $34.25, indicating a potential upside of 19.71%. Jabil has a consensus target price of $144.50, indicating a potential upside of 7.88%. Given Flex's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Flex is more favorable than Jabil.
Summary
Jabil beats Flex on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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