Sanmina (SANM) Competitors

Kimball Electronics (NASDAQ:KE) and Sanmina (NASDAQ:SANM) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

Do analysts prefer KE or SANM?

Kimball Electronics currently has a consensus target price of $23.25, suggesting a potential upside of 21.79%. Sanmina has a consensus target price of $64.67, suggesting a potential downside of 15.97%. Given Kimball Electronics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Kimball Electronics is more favorable than Sanmina.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kimball Electronics	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Sanmina	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has better earnings and valuation, KE or SANM?

Sanmina has higher revenue and earnings than Kimball Electronics. Sanmina is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kimball Electronics, 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
Kimball Electronics	$1.65B	0.29	$20.51M	$0.51	37.43
Sanmina	$7.57B	0.56	$222.54M	$3.91	19.68

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of KE or SANM?

76.0% of Kimball Electronics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of Sanmina shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Kimball Electronics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Sanmina shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is KE or SANM more profitable?

Sanmina has a net margin of 2.94% compared to Kimball Electronics' net margin of 0.78%. Sanmina's return on equity of 10.47% beat Kimball Electronics' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kimball Electronics	0.78%	5.63%	2.50%
Sanmina	2.94%	10.47%	5.21%

Does the media favor KE or SANM?

In the previous week, Sanmina had 4 more articles in the media than Kimball Electronics. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Sanmina and 3 mentions for Kimball Electronics. Sanmina's average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat Kimball Electronics' score of 0.92 indicating that Sanmina is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kimball Electronics	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sanmina	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, KE or SANM?

Kimball Electronics has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sanmina has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in KE or SANM?

Sanmina received 166 more outperform votes than Kimball Electronics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.84% of users gave Sanmina an outperform vote while only 64.93% of users gave Kimball Electronics an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kimball Electronics	Outperform Votes 287 64.93%	Underperform Votes 155 35.07%
Sanmina	Outperform Votes 453 65.84%	Underperform Votes 235 34.16%

Summary

Sanmina beats Kimball Electronics on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.