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$202.22 -13.48 (-6.25%)
Closing price 10/3/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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JBL vs. AAPL, AEIS, AVGO, FLEX, JKHY, ANET, APH, PSTG, TEL, and TRMB

Should you be buying Jabil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Jabil include Apple (AAPL), Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS), Broadcom (AVGO), Flex (FLEX), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), Arista Networks (ANET), Amphenol (APH), Pure Storage (PSTG), TE Connectivity (TEL), and Trimble (TRMB).

Jabil vs. Its Competitors

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Jabil (NYSE:JBL) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk and valuation.

Apple currently has a consensus price target of $247.49, indicating a potential downside of 4.08%. Jabil has a consensus price target of $248.43, indicating a potential upside of 22.85%. Given Jabil's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Jabil is more favorable than Apple.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Apple
2 Sell rating(s)
13 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58
Jabil
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80

Apple pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Jabil pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Apple pays out 15.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Jabil pays out 5.4% 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. Apple has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Apple is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Apple has a net margin of 24.30% compared to Jabil's net margin of 2.20%. Apple's return on equity of 170.91% beat Jabil's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Apple24.30% 170.91% 31.94%
Jabil 2.20%68.63%5.46%

In the previous week, Apple had 218 more articles in the media than Jabil. MarketBeat recorded 243 mentions for Apple and 25 mentions for Jabil. Apple's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Jabil's score of 0.96 indicating that Apple is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Apple
150 Very Positive mention(s)
24 Positive mention(s)
28 Neutral mention(s)
17 Negative mention(s)
4 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Jabil
17 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Apple has higher revenue and earnings than Jabil. Jabil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Apple, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Apple$408.63B9.37$93.74B$6.5939.15
Jabil$29.80B0.73$657M$5.9633.93

67.7% of Apple shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.4% of Jabil shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Apple 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 stock is poised for long-term growth.

Apple has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jabil has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Apple beats Jabil on 14 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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JBL vs. The Competition

MetricJabilELEC MANUF SVS (EMS) IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$21.70B$12.00B$32.77B$21.78B
Dividend Yield0.16%0.96%3.16%3.54%
P/E Ratio33.9334.02487.8129.82
Price / Sales0.731.172,327.3667.59
Price / Cash13.0622.0535.0118.31
Price / Book14.307.107.454.65
Net Income$657M$296.54M$816.72M$1.00B
7 Day Performance-5.72%-1.71%1.68%1.20%
1 Month Performance-3.68%-2.80%10.57%3.32%
1 Year Performance66.21%92.91%24,359.34%13.11%

Jabil Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
JBL
Jabil
4.6024 of 5 stars
$202.22
-6.2%
$248.43
+22.9%
+66.2%$21.70B$29.80B33.93138,000Analyst Upgrade
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AAPL
Apple
4.611 of 5 stars
$254.43
-0.4%
$245.66
-3.4%
+13.8%$3.78T$391.04B38.61164,000Trending News
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AEIS
Advanced Energy Industries
4.2855 of 5 stars
$166.76
+0.2%
$140.90
-15.5%
+64.7%$6.29B$1.48B75.4610,000Positive News
AVGO
Broadcom
4.9368 of 5 stars
$327.90
-2.0%
$356.48
+8.7%
+91.6%$1.55T$51.57B83.6537,000Trending News
FLEX
Flex
3.1054 of 5 stars
$57.55
+1.2%
$57.29
-0.5%
+67.7%$21.60B$25.81B25.24147,979
JKHY
Jack Henry & Associates
4.7526 of 5 stars
$151.17
+1.2%
$182.33
+20.6%
-19.7%$10.99B$2.38B24.237,400Analyst Forecast
ANET
Arista Networks
4.7982 of 5 stars
$143.17
+0.5%
$162.00
+13.2%
+47.0%$179.94B$7.00B56.314,412Positive News
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APH
Amphenol
4.3895 of 5 stars
$120.82
-1.5%
$110.00
-9.0%
+96.0%$147.51B$15.22B48.14125,000Positive News
PSTG
Pure Storage
4.5353 of 5 stars
$82.90
+0.6%
$81.06
-2.2%
+69.7%$27.24B$3.17B202.206,000
TEL
TE Connectivity
4.7365 of 5 stars
$217.76
+0.3%
$211.36
-2.9%
+51.9%$64.34B$15.85B45.0987,000Positive News
TRMB
Trimble
4.6416 of 5 stars
$81.95
+0.9%
$90.75
+10.7%
+29.9%$19.50B$3.68B70.6512,100Positive News
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This page (NYSE:JBL) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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