JBL vs. TRMB, FN, SANM, IPGP, PLXS, TTMI, MRCY, CTS, BHE, and MEI
Should you be buying Jabil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Jabil include Trimble (TRMB), Fabrinet (FN), Sanmina (SANM), IPG Photonics (IPGP), Plexus (PLXS), TTM Technologies (TTMI), Mercury Systems (MRCY), CTS (CTS), Benchmark Electronics (BHE), and Methode Electronics (MEI). These companies are all part of the "electronic manufacturing services" industry.
Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) and Jabil (NYSE:JBL) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.
Trimble has a net margin of 6.25% compared to Trimble's net margin of 4.63%. Trimble's return on equity of 40.30% beat Jabil's return on equity.
Trimble presently has a consensus target price of $66.67, indicating a potential upside of 20.42%. Jabil has a consensus target price of $142.63, indicating a potential upside of 29.21%. Given Trimble's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Jabil is more favorable than Trimble.
Jabil has higher revenue and earnings than Trimble. Jabil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trimble, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Trimble had 4 more articles in the media than Jabil. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Trimble and 7 mentions for Jabil. Jabil's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Trimble's score of 0.84 indicating that Trimble is being referred to more favorably in the media.
93.2% of Trimble shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.4% of Jabil shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Trimble shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Jabil shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Jabil received 93 more outperform votes than Trimble when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.35% of users gave Trimble an outperform vote while only 66.60% of users gave Jabil an outperform vote.
Trimble has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jabil has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Jabil beats Trimble on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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