KTCC vs. TRMB, JBL, FN, SANM, PLXS, IPGP, MRCY, TTMI, BHE, and CTS
Should you be buying Key Tronic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Key Tronic include Trimble (TRMB), Jabil (JBL), Fabrinet (FN), Sanmina (SANM), Plexus (PLXS), IPG Photonics (IPGP), Mercury Systems (MRCY), TTM Technologies (TTMI), Benchmark Electronics (BHE), and CTS (CTS). These companies are all part of the "electronic manufacturing services" industry.
Key Tronic vs.
Key Tronic (NASDAQ:KTCC) and Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Trimble had 22 more articles in the media than Key Tronic. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Trimble and 0 mentions for Key Tronic. Trimble's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Key Tronic's score of 0.00 indicating that Trimble is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Key Tronic has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trimble has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Trimble has a consensus price target of $86.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.61%. Given Trimble's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Trimble is more favorable than Key Tronic.
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.
Trimble received 292 more outperform votes than Key Tronic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.41% of users gave Trimble an outperform vote while only 62.01% of users gave Key Tronic an outperform vote.
Summary
Trimble beats Key Tronic on 18 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:KTCC) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
