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Methode Electronics (MEI) Competitors

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MEI vs. PKE, NEON, KTCC, JBL, TRMB, FN, TTMI, SANM, MRCY, and PLXS

Should you be buying Methode Electronics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Methode Electronics include Park Aerospace (PKE), Neonode (NEON), Key Tronic (KTCC), Jabil (JBL), Trimble (TRMB), Fabrinet (FN), TTM Technologies (TTMI), Sanmina (SANM), Mercury Systems (MRCY), and Plexus (PLXS). These companies are all part of the "electronic manufacturing services" industry.

Methode Electronics vs. Its Competitors

Methode Electronics (NYSE:MEI) and Park Aerospace (NYSE:PKE) are both small-cap electronic manufacturing services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.

Methode Electronics pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Park Aerospace pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Methode Electronics pays out -18.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Park Aerospace pays out 138.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Methode Electronics is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Park Aerospace has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Methode Electronics. Methode Electronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Park Aerospace, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Methode Electronics$1.03B0.25-$62.60M-$1.55-4.77
Park Aerospace$62.03M6.69$5.88M$0.3658.00

Methode Electronics currently has a consensus price target of $11.25, suggesting a potential upside of 52.13%. Given Methode Electronics' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Methode Electronics is more favorable than Park Aerospace.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Methode Electronics
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Park Aerospace
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

In the previous week, Park Aerospace had 10 more articles in the media than Methode Electronics. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Park Aerospace and 2 mentions for Methode Electronics. Park Aerospace's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Methode Electronics' score of 0.30 indicating that Park Aerospace is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Methode Electronics
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Park Aerospace
3 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Methode Electronics has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Park Aerospace has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Park Aerospace has a net margin of 11.57% compared to Methode Electronics' net margin of -5.30%. Park Aerospace's return on equity of 7.96% beat Methode Electronics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Methode Electronics-5.30% -5.27% -2.82%
Park Aerospace 11.57%7.96%6.93%

95.5% of Methode Electronics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.8% of Park Aerospace shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Methode Electronics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.3% of Park Aerospace shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Park Aerospace beats Methode Electronics on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MEI vs. The Competition

MetricMethode ElectronicsELEC IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$256.31M$50.00B$32.38B$21.91B
Dividend Yield3.92%2.23%3.20%3.62%
P/E Ratio-4.7725.06490.3430.12
Price / Sales0.253.701,617.5467.04
Price / Cash13.5925.3237.7924.26
Price / Book0.405.577.754.70
Net Income-$62.60M$787.47M$820.59M$1.01B
7 Day Performance1.58%-1.35%0.17%0.49%
1 Month Performance-7.79%2.33%6.48%1.61%
1 Year Performance-34.21%17.53%23,961.12%13.30%

Methode Electronics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MEI
Methode Electronics
3.2694 of 5 stars
$7.40
+1.6%
$11.25
+52.1%
-32.7%$256.31M$1.03B-4.776,500
PKE
Park Aerospace
2.7773 of 5 stars
$19.89
+0.9%
N/A+57.2%$391.36M$62.03M58.50110Earnings Report
NEON
Neonode
2.1696 of 5 stars
$3.77
-0.3%
$6.00
+59.2%
-55.4%$63.44M$3.11M-5.3150Negative News
KTCC
Key Tronic
1.0599 of 5 stars
$3.41
-0.3%
N/A-42.3%$36.85M$467.87M-4.373,539Negative News
Gap Down
JBL
Jabil
4.5073 of 5 stars
$202.37
+0.1%
$248.43
+22.8%
+66.5%$21.69B$29.80B33.95138,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
TRMB
Trimble
4.708 of 5 stars
$80.81
+0.1%
$91.22
+12.9%
+27.5%$19.21B$3.68B69.6612,100Positive News
FN
Fabrinet
2.4133 of 5 stars
$371.23
+1.4%
$323.17
-12.9%
+55.8%$13.08B$3.42B40.4416,457Positive News
Gap Up
TTMI
TTM Technologies
4.0914 of 5 stars
$59.88
+1.2%
$54.50
-9.0%
+199.4%$6.11B$2.65B66.5316,400Analyst Revision
Gap Up
SANM
Sanmina
3.3874 of 5 stars
$140.00
+22.7%
$94.50
-32.5%
+97.0%$6.08B$7.57B29.9837,000High Trading Volume
MRCY
Mercury Systems
2.5994 of 5 stars
$84.00
+0.6%
$70.67
-15.9%
+117.1%$5.01B$912.02M-127.272,162Analyst Forecast
PLXS
Plexus
3.8846 of 5 stars
$148.85
+2.5%
$155.60
+4.5%
+10.6%$3.92B$3.96B25.3620,000Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up

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This page (NYSE:MEI) was last updated on 10/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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