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PLXS vs. FN, SANM, TTMI, MRCY, IPGP, BHE, CTS, MEI, PKE, and NEON

Should you be buying Plexus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Plexus include Fabrinet (FN), Sanmina (SANM), TTM Technologies (TTMI), Mercury Systems (MRCY), IPG Photonics (IPGP), Benchmark Electronics (BHE), CTS (CTS), Methode Electronics (MEI), Park Aerospace (PKE), and Neonode (NEON). These companies are all part of the "electronic manufacturing services" industry.

Plexus vs. Its Competitors

Fabrinet (NYSE:FN) and Plexus (NASDAQ:PLXS) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk, community ranking and valuation.

Fabrinet has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plexus has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Fabrinet has a net margin of 10.44% compared to Plexus' net margin of 3.03%. Fabrinet's return on equity of 18.48% beat Plexus' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Fabrinet10.44% 18.48% 13.68%
Plexus 3.03%10.36%4.23%

In the previous week, Fabrinet had 1 more articles in the media than Plexus. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Fabrinet and 6 mentions for Plexus. Plexus' average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Fabrinet's score of 1.07 indicating that Plexus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Fabrinet
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Plexus
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

97.4% of Fabrinet shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.4% of Plexus shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Fabrinet shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Plexus shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Fabrinet received 206 more outperform votes than Plexus when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.21% of users gave Fabrinet an outperform vote while only 63.03% of users gave Plexus an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
FabrinetOutperform Votes
634
73.21%
Underperform Votes
232
26.79%
PlexusOutperform Votes
428
63.03%
Underperform Votes
251
36.97%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Fabrinet$3.26B2.76$296.18M$8.9827.96
Plexus$3.97B0.90$111.82M$5.1425.64

Fabrinet currently has a consensus price target of $245.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.42%. Plexus has a consensus price target of $155.67, suggesting a potential upside of 18.10%. Given Plexus' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Plexus is more favorable than Fabrinet.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Fabrinet
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43
Plexus
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Summary

Fabrinet beats Plexus on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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PLXS vs. The Competition

MetricPlexusPrinted circuit boards IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.57B$4.62B$26.00B$8.52B
Dividend YieldN/A1.06%2.85%4.17%
P/E Ratio30.5427.0244.5319.65
Price / Sales0.901.131,745.08152.07
Price / Cash20.0512.3034.7434.64
Price / Book2.702.896.834.59
Net Income$111.82M$225.45M$742.69M$248.23M
7 Day Performance-2.34%-1.17%-1.30%-2.01%
1 Month Performance-1.84%12.92%1.01%1.61%
1 Year Performance29.06%16.21%52,754.52%13.50%

Plexus Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PLXS
Plexus
4.2109 of 5 stars
$131.81
+1.2%
$155.67
+18.1%
+27.5%$3.57B$3.97B30.5425,000Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
FN
Fabrinet
2.1236 of 5 stars
$232.71
-1.0%
$239.29
+2.8%
+1.7%$8.34B$3.26B26.0314,200Positive News
Gap Down
SANM
Sanmina
3.5354 of 5 stars
$87.91
+0.9%
$84.50
-3.9%
+30.5%$4.70B$7.85B21.4934,000
TTMI
TTM Technologies
3.3552 of 5 stars
$35.70
+7.5%
$36.25
+1.5%
+95.9%$3.63B$2.52B66.1117,800Gap Down
High Trading Volume
MRCY
Mercury Systems
1.4216 of 5 stars
$53.87
+1.4%
$47.29
-12.2%
+84.7%$3.22B$887.48M-34.532,390Analyst Forecast
IPGP
IPG Photonics
3.0228 of 5 stars
$69.26
+0.5%
$69.50
+0.3%
-22.3%$2.95B$952.92M-16.576,230Short Interest ↑
BHE
Benchmark Electronics
3.2882 of 5 stars
$38.28
+1.2%
$47.00
+22.8%
-6.3%$1.38B$2.61B22.1311,900Positive News
Dividend Announcement
CTS
CTS
2.2561 of 5 stars
$42.98
+2.7%
N/A-18.5%$1.28B$515.79M22.624,210
MEI
Methode Electronics
2.6532 of 5 stars
$8.58
+4.8%
$10.50
+22.3%
-6.9%$306.34M$1.07B-3.397,000Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
PKE
Park Aerospace
1.7016 of 5 stars
$14.12
-0.4%
N/A+5.0%$281.40M$62.03M39.23110Dividend Announcement
NEON
Neonode
0.5707 of 5 stars
$10.03
-2.2%
$16.50
+64.5%
+640.5%$168.33M$2.81M-14.1350

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This page (NASDAQ:PLXS) was last updated on 6/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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