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