SANM vs. PLXS, TTMI, CTS, BHE, KE, ELTK, JBL, CLS, FLEX, and ACLS
Should you be buying Sanmina stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sanmina include Plexus (PLXS), TTM Technologies (TTMI), CTS (CTS), Benchmark Electronics (BHE), Kimball Electronics (KE), Eltek (ELTK), Jabil (JBL), Celestica (CLS), Flex (FLEX), and Axcelis Technologies (ACLS). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Plexus (NASDAQ:PLXS) and Sanmina (NASDAQ:SANM) are both mid-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, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.
Plexus has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Sanmina has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Sanmina has higher revenue and earnings than Plexus. Sanmina is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Plexus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
94.5% of Plexus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of Sanmina shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of Plexus shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Sanmina shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Plexus had 6 more articles in the media than Sanmina. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Plexus and 10 mentions for Sanmina. Sanmina's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Plexus' score of 0.55 indicating that Plexus is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sanmina received 37 more outperform votes than Plexus when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.22% of users gave Sanmina an outperform vote while only 62.61% of users gave Plexus an outperform vote.
Sanmina has a net margin of 3.11% compared to Sanmina's net margin of 2.54%. Plexus' return on equity of 11.98% beat Sanmina's return on equity.
Plexus currently has a consensus price target of $107.75, suggesting a potential downside of 1.62%. Sanmina has a consensus price target of $62.33, suggesting a potential downside of 6.95%. Given Sanmina's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Plexus is more favorable than Sanmina.
Summary
Sanmina beats Plexus on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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