JBL vs. FLEX, CLS, TRMB, EPAM, NTNX, MANH, NICE, SSNC, TER, and AKAM
Should you be buying Jabil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Jabil include Flex (FLEX), Celestica (CLS), Trimble (TRMB), EPAM Systems (EPAM), Nutanix (NTNX), Manhattan Associates (MANH), NICE (NICE), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Teradyne (TER), and Akamai Technologies (AKAM). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Jabil (NYSE:JBL) and Flex (NASDAQ:FLEX) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Jabil has a net margin of 4.70% compared to Flex's net margin of 2.56%. Jabil's return on equity of 39.47% beat Flex's return on equity.
Jabil has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flex has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Jabil presently has a consensus price target of $144.50, indicating a potential upside of 22.18%. Flex has a consensus price target of $34.20, indicating a potential upside of 18.05%. Given Jabil's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Jabil is more favorable than Flex.
Jabil has higher revenue and earnings than Flex. Jabil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Flex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Flex had 13 more articles in the media than Jabil. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Flex and 13 mentions for Jabil. Jabil's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Flex's score of 0.36 indicating that Jabil is being referred to more favorably in the media.
93.4% of Jabil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.3% of Flex shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Jabil shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Flex shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Jabil received 112 more outperform votes than Flex when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.56% of users gave Jabil an outperform vote while only 62.19% of users gave Flex an outperform vote.
Summary
Jabil beats Flex on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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