Plexus (POS) Competitors

Petrofac (LON:PFC) and Plexus (LON:POS) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.

Is PFC or POS a better dividend stock?

Petrofac pays an annual dividend of GBX 30 per share and has a dividend yield of 535.7%. Plexus pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.2%. Petrofac pays out -36.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Plexus pays out 35.9% 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. Petrofac is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is PFC or POS more profitable?

Plexus has a net margin of 23.05% compared to Petrofac's net margin of -21.67%. Petrofac's return on equity of 108.19% beat Plexus' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Petrofac	-21.67%	108.19%	-9.55%
Plexus	23.05%	19.48%	0.01%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in PFC or POS?

27.4% of Petrofac shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.5% of Petrofac shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 63.9% of Plexus shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, PFC or POS?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Petrofac	£3.30B	0.01	-£714.53M	-£81.55	-0.07
Plexus	£12.72M	0.81	£2.93M	£2.78	3.51

Which has more volatility and risk, PFC or POS?

Petrofac has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plexus has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to PFC or POS?

In the previous week, Plexus had 14 more articles in the media than Petrofac. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Plexus and 0 mentions for Petrofac. Plexus' average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Petrofac's score of 0.00 indicating that Plexus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Petrofac	Neutral
Plexus	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PFC or POS?

Petrofac received 593 more outperform votes than Plexus when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.18% of users gave Plexus an outperform vote while only 71.05% of users gave Petrofac an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Petrofac	Outperform Votes 756 71.05%	Underperform Votes 308 28.95%
Plexus	Outperform Votes 163 71.18%	Underperform Votes 66 28.82%

Summary

Plexus beats Petrofac on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.