KEMET (KEM) Competitors

KEMET (NYSE:KEM) and Sanmina (NASDAQ:SANM) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in KEM or SANM?

Sanmina received 116 more outperform votes than KEMET when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.46% of users gave KEMET an outperform vote while only 65.90% of users gave Sanmina an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
KEMET	Outperform Votes 340 67.46%	Underperform Votes 164 32.54%
Sanmina	Outperform Votes 456 65.90%	Underperform Votes 236 34.10%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in KEM or SANM?

94.5% of KEMET shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of Sanmina shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of KEMET shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Sanmina shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, KEM or SANM?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
KEMET	$1.26B	1.27	$41.38M	$2.15	12.68
Sanmina	$7.85B	0.55	$222.54M	$4.32	18.53

Is KEM or SANM more profitable?

KEMET has a net margin of 3.28% compared to Sanmina's net margin of 2.99%. KEMET's return on equity of 19.09% beat Sanmina's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
KEMET	3.28%	19.09%	9.08%
Sanmina	2.99%	10.61%	5.28%

Which has more risk and volatility, KEM or SANM?

KEMET has a beta of 1.86, suggesting that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sanmina has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend KEM or SANM?

Sanmina has a consensus target price of $80.50, indicating a potential upside of 0.54%. Given Sanmina's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Sanmina is more favorable than KEMET.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
KEMET	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Sanmina	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media refer more to KEM or SANM?

In the previous week, Sanmina had 24 more articles in the media than KEMET. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Sanmina and 0 mentions for KEMET. Sanmina's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat KEMET's score of 0.00 indicating that Sanmina is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
KEMET	Neutral
Sanmina	Positive

Summary

Sanmina beats KEMET on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.