KEM vs. MRCY, VPG, VSH, SWI, ZUO, CSGS, MEI, ANGI, KN, and PDFS
Should you be buying KEMET stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KEMET include Mercury Systems (MRCY), Vishay Precision Group (VPG), Vishay Intertechnology (VSH), SolarWinds (SWI), Zuora (ZUO), CSG Systems International (CSGS), Methode Electronics (MEI), Angi (ANGI), Knowles (KN), and PDF Solutions (PDFS). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
KEMET vs.
Mercury Systems (NASDAQ:MRCY) and KEMET (NYSE:KEM) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Mercury Systems has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, KEMET has a beta of 1.86, meaning that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.
KEMET has a net margin of 3.28% compared to Mercury Systems' net margin of -0.32%. KEMET's return on equity of 19.09% beat Mercury Systems' return on equity.
KEMET has higher revenue and earnings than Mercury Systems. Mercury Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than KEMET, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Mercury Systems presently has a consensus target price of $55.00, suggesting a potential upside of 29.32%. Given Mercury Systems' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Mercury Systems is more favorable than KEMET.
In the previous week, KEMET had 1 more articles in the media than Mercury Systems. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for KEMET and 3 mentions for Mercury Systems. KEMET's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Mercury Systems' score of -0.09 indicating that KEMET is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
98.4% of Mercury Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.5% of KEMET shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Mercury Systems shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of KEMET shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Mercury Systems received 136 more outperform votes than KEMET when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.46% of users gave KEMET an outperform vote while only 67.23% of users gave Mercury Systems an outperform vote.
Summary
KEMET beats Mercury Systems on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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