KEM vs. MRCY, SNPO, VPG, VSH, ETWO, EXTR, EVBG, ZUO, VICR, and GETY
Should you be buying KEMET stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KEMET include Mercury Systems (MRCY), Snap One (SNPO), Vishay Precision Group (VPG), Vishay Intertechnology (VSH), E2open Parent (ETWO), Extreme Networks (EXTR), Everbridge (EVBG), Zuora (ZUO), Vicor (VICR), and Getty Images (GETY). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Mercury Systems (NASDAQ:MRCY) and KEMET (NYSE:KEM) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.
Mercury Systems presently has a consensus price target of $29.88, suggesting a potential upside of 2.88%. Given KEMET's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Mercury Systems is more favorable than KEMET.
In the previous week, KEMET had 3 more articles in the media than Mercury Systems. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for KEMET and 1 mentions for Mercury Systems. KEMET's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Mercury Systems' score of 0.00 indicating that Mercury Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
KEMET has a net margin of 3.28% compared to KEMET's net margin of -9.54%. Mercury Systems' return on equity of 19.09% beat KEMET's return on equity.
Mercury Systems has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KEMET has a beta of 1.86, indicating that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Mercury Systems received 138 more outperform votes than KEMET when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.46% of users gave KEMET an outperform vote while only 65.48% of users gave Mercury Systems an outperform vote.
96.0% of Mercury Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.5% of KEMET shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Mercury Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of KEMET shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
KEMET beats Mercury Systems on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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