IPGP vs. FN, SANM, PLXS, MRCY, TTMI, BHE, CTS, PKE, MEI, and NEON
Should you be buying IPG Photonics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IPG Photonics include Fabrinet (FN), Sanmina (SANM), Plexus (PLXS), Mercury Systems (MRCY), TTM Technologies (TTMI), Benchmark Electronics (BHE), CTS (CTS), Park Aerospace (PKE), Methode Electronics (MEI), and Neonode (NEON). These companies are all part of the "electronic manufacturing services" industry.
IPG Photonics vs.
Fabrinet (NYSE:FN) and IPG Photonics (NASDAQ:IPGP) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, profitability and community ranking.
Fabrinet currently has a consensus target price of $250.43, indicating a potential upside of 20.88%. IPG Photonics has a consensus target price of $85.40, indicating a potential upside of 30.00%. Given IPG Photonics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe IPG Photonics is more favorable than Fabrinet.
Fabrinet has a net margin of 10.44% compared to IPG Photonics' net margin of -18.58%. Fabrinet's return on equity of 18.48% beat IPG Photonics' return on equity.
Fabrinet received 106 more outperform votes than IPG Photonics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.43% of users gave Fabrinet an outperform vote while only 65.83% of users gave IPG Photonics an outperform vote.
Fabrinet has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IPG Photonics has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
97.4% of Fabrinet shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.8% of IPG Photonics shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Fabrinet shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 38.0% of IPG Photonics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Fabrinet has higher revenue and earnings than IPG Photonics. IPG Photonics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fabrinet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Fabrinet had 7 more articles in the media than IPG Photonics. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Fabrinet and 10 mentions for IPG Photonics. Fabrinet's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat IPG Photonics' score of 1.09 indicating that Fabrinet is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Fabrinet beats IPG Photonics on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:IPGP) was last updated on 3/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
