Sanmina (SANM) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SANM or JBL?

Jabil received 204 more outperform votes than Sanmina when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.80% of users gave Jabil an outperform vote while only 65.90% of users gave Sanmina an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sanmina	Outperform Votes 456 65.90%	Underperform Votes 236 34.10%
Jabil	Outperform Votes 660 66.80%	Underperform Votes 328 33.20%

Do analysts rate SANM or JBL?

Sanmina presently has a consensus price target of $80.33, indicating a potential downside of 6.28%. Jabil has a consensus price target of $153.17, indicating a potential downside of 5.77%. Given Jabil's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Jabil is more favorable than Sanmina.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sanmina	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Jabil	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Does the media prefer SANM or JBL?

In the previous week, Jabil had 18 more articles in the media than Sanmina. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Jabil and 5 mentions for Sanmina. Sanmina's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Jabil's score of 1.38 indicating that Sanmina is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sanmina	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Jabil	18 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SANM or JBL?

92.7% of Sanmina shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.4% of Jabil shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Sanmina shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Jabil shares are held by company 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, SANM or JBL?

Sanmina has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jabil has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, SANM or JBL?

Jabil has higher revenue and earnings than Sanmina. Jabil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sanmina, 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
Sanmina	$7.57B	0.62	$222.54M	$4.09	20.96
Jabil	$27.49B	0.65	$1.39B	$10.43	15.58

Is SANM or JBL more profitable?

Jabil has a net margin of 4.71% compared to Sanmina's net margin of 2.99%. Jabil's return on equity of 41.87% beat Sanmina's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sanmina	2.99%	10.61%	5.28%
Jabil	4.71%	41.87%	4.96%

Summary

Jabil beats Sanmina on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.