PLXS vs. SANM, TTMI, CTS, BHE, KE, CLS, LITE, SITM, WOLF, and CCOI
Should you be buying Plexus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Plexus include Sanmina (SANM), TTM Technologies (TTMI), CTS (CTS), Benchmark Electronics (BHE), Kimball Electronics (KE), Celestica (CLS), Lumentum (LITE), SiTime (SITM), Wolfspeed (WOLF), and Cogent Communications (CCOI). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Sanmina (NASDAQ:SANM) and Plexus (NASDAQ:PLXS) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, earnings and risk.
92.7% of Sanmina shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.5% of Plexus shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Sanmina shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Plexus shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Sanmina received 37 more outperform votes than Plexus when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.22% of users gave Sanmina an outperform vote while only 62.61% of users gave Plexus an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Plexus had 6 more articles in the media than Sanmina. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Plexus and 10 mentions for Sanmina. Sanmina's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Plexus' score of 0.55 indicating that Plexus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Sanmina has higher revenue and earnings than Plexus. Sanmina is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Plexus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sanmina presently has a consensus target price of $62.33, indicating a potential downside of 6.95%. Plexus has a consensus target price of $107.75, indicating a potential downside of 1.62%. Given Sanmina's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Plexus is more favorable than Sanmina.
Sanmina has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plexus has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
Sanmina has a net margin of 3.11% compared to Sanmina's net margin of 2.54%. Plexus' return on equity of 11.98% beat Sanmina's return on equity.
Summary
Sanmina beats Plexus on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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