BHE vs. TTMI, PLXS, SANM, KE, NNDM, SABR, MOMO, THR, HUYA, and OPRA
Should you be buying Benchmark Electronics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Benchmark Electronics include TTM Technologies (TTMI), Plexus (PLXS), Sanmina (SANM), Kimball Electronics (KE), Nano Dimension (NNDM), Sabre (SABR), Hello Group (MOMO), Thermon Group (THR), HUYA (HUYA), and Opera (OPRA). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
TTM Technologies (NASDAQ:TTMI) and Benchmark Electronics (NYSE:BHE) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
TTM Technologies received 180 more outperform votes than Benchmark Electronics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.29% of users gave TTM Technologies an outperform vote while only 58.98% of users gave Benchmark Electronics an outperform vote.
Benchmark Electronics has a net margin of 2.34% compared to Benchmark Electronics' net margin of -0.11%. Benchmark Electronics' return on equity of 8.63% beat TTM Technologies' return on equity.
TTM Technologies has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Benchmark Electronics has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
TTM Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $18.17, indicating a potential upside of 0.26%. Benchmark Electronics has a consensus target price of $36.50, indicating a potential downside of 7.52%. Given Benchmark Electronics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe TTM Technologies is more favorable than Benchmark Electronics.
In the previous week, Benchmark Electronics had 6 more articles in the media than TTM Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Benchmark Electronics and 11 mentions for TTM Technologies. Benchmark Electronics' average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat TTM Technologies' score of 0.21 indicating that TTM Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
95.8% of TTM Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.3% of Benchmark Electronics shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of TTM Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Benchmark Electronics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Benchmark Electronics has higher revenue and earnings than TTM Technologies. TTM Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Benchmark Electronics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
TTM Technologies beats Benchmark Electronics on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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