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Methode Electronics (MEI) Competitors

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

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

Methode Electronics vs. Its Competitors

Methode Electronics (NYSE:MEI) and CTS (NYSE:CTS) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, earnings, valuation and media sentiment.

Methode Electronics has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CTS has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Methode Electronics currently has a consensus price target of $10.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6.00%. Given Methode Electronics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Methode Electronics is more favorable than CTS.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Methode Electronics
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
CTS
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

95.5% of Methode Electronics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.9% of CTS shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Methode Electronics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of CTS shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Methode Electronics pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. CTS pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Methode Electronics pays out -21.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CTS pays out 8.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Methode Electronics is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, CTS had 3 more articles in the media than Methode Electronics. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for CTS and 3 mentions for Methode Electronics. CTS's average media sentiment score of 0.11 beat Methode Electronics' score of 0.00 indicating that CTS 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)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
CTS
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Methode Electronics$1.11B0.32-$123.30M-$2.61-3.80
CTS$515.77M2.59$58.11M$1.9822.60

CTS has a net margin of 11.70% compared to Methode Electronics' net margin of -8.57%. CTS's return on equity of 12.32% beat Methode Electronics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Methode Electronics-8.57% -2.82% -1.52%
CTS 11.70%12.32%8.58%

Summary

CTS beats Methode Electronics on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MEI and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

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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MEI vs. The Competition

MetricMethode ElectronicsELEC IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$353.33M$40.09B$27.53B$20.63B
Dividend Yield5.67%3.18%3.15%3.77%
P/E Ratio-3.7923.9536.2728.02
Price / Sales0.323.001,960.8038.37
Price / Cash2.3318.3637.6521.91
Price / Book0.464.537.184.58
Net Income-$123.30M$767.23M$763.02M$984.95M
7 Day Performance5.97%3.43%2.58%2.68%
1 Month Performance19.18%9.92%6.60%5.23%
1 Year Performance-0.54%24.74%52,290.04%14.27%

Methode Electronics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MEI
Methode Electronics
1.0725 of 5 stars
$9.91
-0.3%
$10.50
+6.0%
-0.5%$353.33M$1.11B-3.797,500Upcoming Earnings
CTS
CTS
2.2986 of 5 stars
$42.20
+2.4%
N/A-9.9%$1.26B$515.77M21.313,549
NEON
Neonode
0.811 of 5 stars
$20.17
-3.3%
$16.50
-18.2%
+1,089.4%$338.45M$3.11M-28.4150
PKE
Park Aerospace
1.0906 of 5 stars
$13.92
+2.5%
N/A+8.2%$277.29M$62.03M48.00110Positive News
KTCC
Key Tronic
1.2974 of 5 stars
$2.85
+3.3%
N/A-20.6%$30.67M$559.40M-6.794,122
JBL
Jabil
4.0906 of 5 stars
$208.41
+1.1%
$213.57
+2.5%
+104.7%$22.37B$28.88B40.47138,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
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TRMB
Trimble
4.6221 of 5 stars
$72.71
+1.3%
$88.43
+21.6%
+38.5%$17.35B$3.68B11.8612,100Positive News
FN
Fabrinet
2.6915 of 5 stars
$270.46
+1.6%
$245.00
-9.4%
+19.4%$9.69B$2.88B30.1214,213Positive News
SANM
Sanmina
3.6583 of 5 stars
$91.71
+2.1%
$84.50
-7.9%
+54.2%$4.90B$7.57B21.2337,000Positive News
TTMI
TTM Technologies
3.2417 of 5 stars
$36.95
+0.7%
$40.00
+8.3%
+114.6%$3.76B$2.44B49.2716,400
PLXS
Plexus
3.6831 of 5 stars
$133.71
+2.3%
$155.67
+16.4%
+33.8%$3.62B$3.96B26.0120,000Analyst Upgrade

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This page (NYSE:MEI) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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