Sanmina (SANM) Competitors

Sanmina (NASDAQ:SANM) and Jabil (NYSE:JBL) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, SANM or JBL?

Jabil has higher revenue and earnings than Sanmina. Sanmina is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Jabil, 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
Sanmina	$7.70B	0.54	$222.54M	$4.09	18.78
Jabil	$27.45B	0.57	$1.39B	$4.18	35.08

Which has more volatility & risk, SANM or JBL?

Sanmina has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Jabil has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SANM or JBL more profitable?

Jabil has a net margin of 4.71% compared to Sanmina's net margin of 2.99%. Jabil's return on equity of 41.87% beat Sanmina's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sanmina	2.99%	10.61%	5.28%
Jabil	4.71%	41.87%	4.96%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SANM or JBL?

Jabil received 210 more outperform votes than Sanmina when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.80% of users gave Jabil an outperform vote while only 65.90% of users gave Sanmina an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sanmina	Outperform Votes 456 65.90%	Underperform Votes 236 34.10%
Jabil	Outperform Votes 666 66.80%	Underperform Votes 331 33.20%

Does the media refer more to SANM or JBL?

In the previous week, Jabil had 5 more articles in the media than Sanmina. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Jabil and 20 mentions for Sanmina. Jabil's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Sanmina's score of 0.83 indicating that Jabil is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sanmina	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Jabil	20 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SANM or JBL?

92.7% of Sanmina shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.4% of Jabil shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Sanmina shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Jabil shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer SANM or JBL?

Sanmina presently has a consensus price target of $80.50, indicating a potential upside of 4.83%. Jabil has a consensus price target of $158.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.10%. Given Jabil's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Jabil is more favorable than Sanmina.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sanmina	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Jabil	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Summary

Jabil beats Sanmina on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.