IPGP vs. FN, SANM, PLXS, 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), Sanmina (SANM), Plexus (PLXS), 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.
IPG Photonics (NASDAQ:IPGP) and Fabrinet (NYSE:FN) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, earnings and risk.
IPG Photonics has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fabrinet has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Fabrinet received 105 more outperform votes than IPG Photonics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.36% of users gave Fabrinet an outperform vote while only 65.79% of users gave IPG Photonics an outperform vote.
In the previous week, IPG Photonics and IPG Photonics both had 16 articles in the media. Fabrinet's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat IPG Photonics' score of -0.11 indicating that Fabrinet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
IPG Photonics presently has a consensus price target of $87.75, indicating a potential upside of 38.91%. Fabrinet has a consensus price target of $246.63, indicating a potential upside of 11.01%. Given IPG Photonics' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly 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.
93.8% of IPG Photonics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of Fabrinet shares are owned by institutional investors. 38.0% of IPG Photonics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Fabrinet shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Fabrinet beats IPG Photonics on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:IPGP) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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