Key Tronic (KTCC) Competitors

Key Tronic (NASDAQ:KTCC) and Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Do analysts rate KTCC or TRMB?

Trimble has a consensus target price of $86.00, indicating a potential upside of 47.56%. Given Trimble's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Trimble is more favorable than Key Tronic.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Key Tronic	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Trimble	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.13

Which has more volatility and risk, KTCC or TRMB?

Key Tronic has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trimble has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer KTCC or TRMB?

In the previous week, Trimble had 14 more articles in the media than Key Tronic. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Trimble and 3 mentions for Key Tronic. Trimble's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Key Tronic's score of 0.96 indicating that Trimble is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Key Tronic	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Trimble	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings and valuation, KTCC or TRMB?

Trimble has higher revenue and earnings than Key Tronic. Key Tronic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trimble, 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
Key Tronic	$514.39M	0.05	-$2.79M	-$0.57	-4.05
Trimble	$3.68B	3.89	$311.30M	$6.09	9.57

Do insiders & institutionals believe in KTCC or TRMB?

40.7% of Key Tronic shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.2% of Trimble shares are held by institutional investors. 6.1% of Key Tronic shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Trimble shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor KTCC or TRMB?

Trimble received 289 more outperform votes than Key Tronic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.41% of users gave Trimble an outperform vote while only 62.26% of users gave Key Tronic an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Key Tronic	Outperform Votes 287 62.26%	Underperform Votes 174 37.74%
Trimble	Outperform Votes 576 68.41%	Underperform Votes 266 31.59%

Is KTCC or TRMB more profitable?

Trimble has a net margin of 40.84% compared to Key Tronic's net margin of -1.17%. Trimble's return on equity of 10.56% beat Key Tronic's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Key Tronic	-1.17%	-3.23%	-1.14%
Trimble	40.84%	10.56%	5.96%

Summary

Trimble beats Key Tronic on 18 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.