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IPG Photonics (IPGP) Competitors

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$76.34 -1.85 (-2.37%)
(As of 12/17/2024 ET)

IPGP vs. FN, PLXS, SANM, TTMI, MRCY, BHE, CTS, MEI, PKE, and NEON

Should you be buying IPG Photonics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IPG Photonics include Fabrinet (FN), Plexus (PLXS), Sanmina (SANM), TTM Technologies (TTMI), Mercury Systems (MRCY), Benchmark Electronics (BHE), CTS (CTS), Methode Electronics (MEI), Park Aerospace (PKE), 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 better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation and community ranking.

Fabrinet has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IPG Photonics has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Fabrinet currently has a consensus price target of $252.14, suggesting a potential upside of 8.84%. IPG Photonics has a consensus price target of $93.50, suggesting a potential upside of 22.48%. Given IPG Photonics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe IPG Photonics is more favorable than Fabrinet.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Fabrinet
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29
IPG Photonics
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 38.0% of IPG Photonics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Fabrinet has a net margin of 10.28% compared to IPG Photonics' net margin of -14.20%. Fabrinet's return on equity of 18.08% beat IPG Photonics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Fabrinet10.28% 18.08% 13.53%
IPG Photonics -14.20%4.32%3.89%

Fabrinet received 103 more outperform votes than IPG Photonics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.44% of users gave Fabrinet an outperform vote while only 65.91% of users gave IPG Photonics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
FabrinetOutperform Votes
625
73.44%
Underperform Votes
226
26.56%
IPG PhotonicsOutperform Votes
522
65.91%
Underperform Votes
270
34.09%

In the previous week, Fabrinet had 11 more articles in the media than IPG Photonics. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Fabrinet and 4 mentions for IPG Photonics. Fabrinet's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat IPG Photonics' score of 1.12 indicating that Fabrinet is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Fabrinet
11 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
IPG Photonics
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Fabrinet$3.00B2.80$296.18M$8.4527.42
IPG Photonics$1.04B3.17$218.88M-$3.47-22.00

Summary

Fabrinet beats IPG Photonics on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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IPGP vs. The Competition

MetricIPG PhotonicsSemiconductors & related devices IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.30B$61.48B$25.20B$9.32B
Dividend YieldN/A2.07%2.71%4.06%
P/E Ratio-22.0040.38254.1717.55
Price / Sales3.1725.032,935.38139.05
Price / Cash13.8725.4634.4337.95
Price / Book1.487.538.114.92
Net Income$218.88M$983.89M$669.27M$225.78M
7 Day Performance-2.79%5.71%0.36%-1.47%
1 Month Performance3.93%20.36%10.31%5.36%
1 Year Performance-29.45%12.60%25.74%22.71%

IPG Photonics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IPGP
IPG Photonics
4.1672 of 5 stars
$76.34
-2.4%
$93.50
+22.5%
-29.4%$3.30B$1.04B-22.006,180Positive News
FN
Fabrinet
2.6801 of 5 stars
$239.67
-3.3%
$252.14
+5.2%
+22.9%$8.69B$3.00B29.3314,213Short Interest ↓
Positive News
PLXS
Plexus
3.5108 of 5 stars
$167.21
+0.7%
$147.25
-11.9%
+50.4%$4.53B$3.96B41.7320,000Positive News
SANM
Sanmina
4.1984 of 5 stars
$80.32
+0.3%
$74.50
-7.2%
+54.0%$4.33B$7.57B20.5637,000Positive News
TTMI
TTM Technologies
3.9457 of 5 stars
$26.56
+3.2%
$26.31
-0.9%
+68.2%$2.71B$2.23B39.0015,800
MRCY
Mercury Systems
1.6447 of 5 stars
$39.07
+3.2%
$36.29
-7.1%
+2.1%$2.33B$858.72M-19.172,364
BHE
Benchmark Electronics
1.8297 of 5 stars
$48.57
+0.5%
$42.33
-12.8%
+70.5%$1.75B$2.69B28.1012,703Positive News
CTS
CTS
2.7574 of 5 stars
$57.31
+1.5%
$46.00
-19.7%
+30.0%$1.73B$513.03M29.434,081Short Interest ↑
MEI
Methode Electronics
3.5184 of 5 stars
$13.12
+0.4%
$15.00
+14.3%
-43.3%$462.35M$1.11B-5.177,500Dividend Announcement
PKE
Park Aerospace
1.6475 of 5 stars
$15.20
+1.9%
N/A+0.7%$303.39M$56M43.88123News Coverage
NEON
Neonode
3.0616 of 5 stars
$7.88
-1.0%
$16.50
+109.4%
+353.4%$132.25M$3.80M-11.2150

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This page (NASDAQ:IPGP) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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