BHE vs. AEIS, AVT, FLEX, PLXS, SANM, TTMI, MRCY, IPGP, CTS, and PKE
Should you be buying Benchmark Electronics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Benchmark Electronics include Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS), Avnet (AVT), Flex (FLEX), Plexus (PLXS), Sanmina (SANM), TTM Technologies (TTMI), Mercury Systems (MRCY), IPG Photonics (IPGP), CTS (CTS), and Park Aerospace (PKE).
Benchmark Electronics vs. Its Competitors
Benchmark Electronics (NYSE:BHE) and Advanced Energy Industries (NASDAQ:AEIS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.
Advanced Energy Industries has a net margin of 5.13% compared to Benchmark Electronics' net margin of 1.48%. Advanced Energy Industries' return on equity of 12.38% beat Benchmark Electronics' return on equity.
Benchmark Electronics presently has a consensus price target of $46.50, indicating a potential upside of 19.62%. Advanced Energy Industries has a consensus price target of $140.90, indicating a potential downside of 15.74%. Given Benchmark Electronics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Benchmark Electronics is more favorable than Advanced Energy Industries.
Benchmark Electronics has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Advanced Energy Industries has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.
92.3% of Benchmark Electronics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.7% of Advanced Energy Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Benchmark Electronics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Advanced Energy Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Benchmark Electronics pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Advanced Energy Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Benchmark Electronics pays out 64.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Advanced Energy Industries pays out 18.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Benchmark Electronics has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Benchmark Electronics is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Advanced Energy Industries had 7 more articles in the media than Benchmark Electronics. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Advanced Energy Industries and 3 mentions for Benchmark Electronics. Advanced Energy Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Benchmark Electronics' score of 1.01 indicating that Advanced Energy Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Benchmark Electronics has higher revenue and earnings than Advanced Energy Industries. Benchmark Electronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Advanced Energy Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Advanced Energy Industries beats Benchmark Electronics on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:BHE) was last updated on 9/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
