BHE vs. IPGP, SANM, PLXS, TTMI, MRCY, CTS, MEI, PKE, KTCC, and NEON
Should you be buying Benchmark Electronics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Benchmark Electronics include IPG Photonics (IPGP), Sanmina (SANM), Plexus (PLXS), TTM Technologies (TTMI), Mercury Systems (MRCY), CTS (CTS), Methode Electronics (MEI), Park Aerospace (PKE), Key Tronic (KTCC), and Neonode (NEON). These companies are all part of the "electronic manufacturing services" industry.
Benchmark Electronics (NYSE:BHE) and IPG Photonics (NASDAQ:IPGP) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and risk.
IPG Photonics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Benchmark Electronics. IPG Photonics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Benchmark Electronics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Benchmark Electronics has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, IPG Photonics has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, IPG Photonics had 12 more articles in the media than Benchmark Electronics. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for IPG Photonics and 5 mentions for Benchmark Electronics. Benchmark Electronics' average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat IPG Photonics' score of 0.11 indicating that Benchmark Electronics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
IPG Photonics has a net margin of 15.34% compared to Benchmark Electronics' net margin of 2.34%. IPG Photonics' return on equity of 7.67% beat Benchmark Electronics' return on equity.
IPG Photonics received 231 more outperform votes than Benchmark Electronics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.33% of users gave IPG Photonics an outperform vote while only 58.86% of users gave Benchmark Electronics an outperform vote.
Benchmark Electronics currently has a consensus price target of $36.50, indicating a potential downside of 16.00%. IPG Photonics has a consensus price target of $110.40, indicating a potential upside of 31.84%. Given IPG Photonics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe IPG Photonics is more favorable than Benchmark Electronics.
92.3% of Benchmark Electronics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.8% of IPG Photonics shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Benchmark Electronics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 38.0% of IPG Photonics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
IPG Photonics beats Benchmark Electronics on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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