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 businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and community ranking.

Is PFC or POS a better dividend stock?

Petrofac pays an annual dividend of GBX 30 per share and has a dividend yield of 344.8%. Plexus pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.9%. Petrofac pays out -3,529.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of PFC or POS?

27.4% of Petrofac shares are held by institutional investors. 16.5% of Petrofac shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 63.9% of Plexus shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer PFC or POS?

In the previous week, Petrofac's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Plexus'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Petrofac	Neutral
Plexus	Neutral

Is PFC or POS more profitable?

Plexus has a net margin of 4.72% compared to Petrofac's net margin of -22.83%. Plexus' return on equity of 1.97% beat Petrofac's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Petrofac	-22.83%	-261.06%	-9.55%
Plexus	4.72%	1.97%	0.01%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, PFC or POS?

Plexus has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Petrofac.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Petrofac	£2.50B	0.02	-£572M	-£0.85	-10.24
Plexus	£5.87M	1.65	-£4.01M	N/A	N/A

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%

Which has more risk & volatility, PFC or POS?

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

Summary

Petrofac and Plexus tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.