SANM vs. CLS, KE, TRMB, JBL, FN, IPGP, PLXS, TTMI, MRCY, and CTS
Should you be buying Sanmina stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sanmina include Celestica (CLS), Kimball Electronics (KE), Trimble (TRMB), Jabil (JBL), Fabrinet (FN), IPG Photonics (IPGP), Plexus (PLXS), TTM Technologies (TTMI), Mercury Systems (MRCY), and CTS (CTS). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Sanmina (NASDAQ:SANM) and Celestica (NYSE:CLS) 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 risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Celestica has a net margin of 4.16% compared to Sanmina's net margin of 3.11%. Celestica's return on equity of 20.14% beat Sanmina's return on equity.
Sanmina received 92 more outperform votes than Celestica when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.98% of users gave Sanmina an outperform vote while only 55.68% of users gave Celestica an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Celestica had 22 more articles in the media than Sanmina. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Celestica and 12 mentions for Sanmina. Celestica's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Sanmina's score of 0.45 indicating that Celestica is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
92.7% of Sanmina shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.4% of Celestica shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Sanmina shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Celestica shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Sanmina has higher revenue and earnings than Celestica. Sanmina is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Celestica, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sanmina presently has a consensus target price of $62.33, suggesting a potential downside of 16.14%. Celestica has a consensus target price of $54.44, suggesting a potential upside of 3.33%. Given Celestica's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Celestica is more favorable than Sanmina.
Sanmina has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Celestica has a beta of 2.31, meaning that its share price is 131% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Celestica beats Sanmina on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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