SANM vs. PLXS, TTMI, CTS, BHE, CLS, KE, ELTK, FLEX, ACIW, and NCNO
Should you be buying Sanmina stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sanmina include Plexus (PLXS), TTM Technologies (TTMI), CTS (CTS), Benchmark Electronics (BHE), Celestica (CLS), Kimball Electronics (KE), Eltek (ELTK), Flex (FLEX), ACI Worldwide (ACIW), and nCino (NCNO). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Sanmina (NASDAQ:SANM) and Plexus (NASDAQ:PLXS) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and profitability.
Sanmina received 38 more outperform votes than Plexus when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.32% of users gave Sanmina an outperform vote while only 62.65% of users gave Plexus an outperform vote.
Sanmina presently has a consensus target price of $62.50, suggesting a potential upside of 0.51%. Plexus has a consensus target price of $109.67, suggesting a potential upside of 15.66%. Given Plexus' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Plexus is more favorable than Sanmina.
In the previous week, Sanmina and Sanmina both had 4 articles in the media. Plexus' average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Sanmina's score of 1.36 indicating that Plexus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
92.7% of Sanmina shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.5% of Plexus shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Sanmina shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Plexus shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Sanmina has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plexus has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Sanmina has higher revenue and earnings than Plexus. Sanmina is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Plexus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sanmina has a net margin of 3.25% compared to Plexus' net margin of 3.08%. Sanmina's return on equity of 13.16% beat Plexus' return on equity.
Summary
Sanmina beats Plexus on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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