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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 stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Methode Electronics pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. 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.

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$1.11B0.33-$123.30M-$2.61-3.93
CTS$515.77M2.50$58.11M$1.9821.84

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

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%

In the previous week, Methode Electronics had 14 more articles in the media than CTS. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Methode Electronics and 6 mentions for CTS. CTS's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Methode Electronics' score of 0.10 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
2 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
CTS
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Methode Electronics presently has a consensus target price of $10.50, indicating a potential upside of 2.24%. Given Methode Electronics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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

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

Summary

CTS beats Methode Electronics on 10 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$370.83M$39.41B$27.57B$20.51B
Dividend Yield5.39%3.04%3.12%3.73%
P/E Ratio-3.9334.2237.3427.90
Price / Sales0.332.951,937.0840.84
Price / Cash2.4517.8638.4422.25
Price / Book0.474.457.274.59
Net Income-$123.30M$767.23M$764.25M$982.91M
7 Day Performance3.22%-3.17%1.73%0.74%
1 Month Performance19.66%3.49%5.26%3.94%
1 Year Performance12.36%26.04%52,407.62%14.82%

Methode Electronics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MEI
Methode Electronics
1.4463 of 5 stars
$10.27
-1.2%
$10.50
+2.2%
+5.9%$370.83M$1.11B-3.937,500Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Cut
CTS
CTS
2.4095 of 5 stars
$42.67
-2.2%
N/A-12.7%$1.27B$515.77M21.553,549
NEON
Neonode
0.8233 of 5 stars
$25.50
+11.7%
$16.50
-35.3%
+1,009.2%$427.89M$3.11M-35.9250High Trading Volume
PKE
Park Aerospace
0.8632 of 5 stars
$14.82
+1.0%
N/A+15.2%$295.21M$62.03M51.10110Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
KTCC
Key Tronic
0.6929 of 5 stars
$2.86
+4.8%
N/A-20.0%$30.77M$559.40M-6.814,122Positive News
Gap Up
JBL
Jabil
4.0556 of 5 stars
$218.27
+0.4%
$213.57
-2.2%
+101.6%$23.43B$28.88B42.38250,000Positive News
Insider Trade
TRMB
Trimble
4.6045 of 5 stars
$75.98
+0.4%
$88.43
+16.4%
+40.9%$18.13B$3.68B12.3912,100News Coverage
Insider Trade
FN
Fabrinet
2.6209 of 5 stars
$294.65
-0.3%
$247.50
-16.0%
+18.2%$10.56B$2.88B32.8114,213News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
SANM
Sanmina
3.4423 of 5 stars
$97.83
-0.2%
$84.50
-13.6%
+53.7%$5.23B$7.57B22.6537,000
TTMI
TTM Technologies
3.3205 of 5 stars
$40.82
+1.4%
$40.00
-2.0%
+114.4%$4.15B$2.52B54.4316,400News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
PLXS
Plexus
3.7097 of 5 stars
$135.31
-0.2%
$155.67
+15.0%
+31.9%$3.67B$3.96B26.3220,000

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This page (NYSE:MEI) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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