Trimble (TRMB) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders believe in JBL or TRMB?

93.4% of Jabil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.2% of Trimble shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Jabil shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Trimble shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor JBL or TRMB?

In the previous week, Jabil had 34 more articles in the media than Trimble. MarketBeat recorded 57 mentions for Jabil and 23 mentions for Trimble. Trimble's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Jabil's score of 0.78 indicating that Trimble is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Jabil	23 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	23 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Trimble	16 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in JBL or TRMB?

Jabil received 88 more outperform votes than Trimble when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.41% of users gave Trimble an outperform vote while only 66.80% of users gave Jabil an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Jabil	Outperform Votes 664 66.80%	Underperform Votes 330 33.20%
Trimble	Outperform Votes 576 68.41%	Underperform Votes 266 31.59%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, JBL or TRMB?

Jabil has higher revenue and earnings than Trimble. Trimble is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Jabil, 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
Jabil	$27.45B	0.59	$1.39B	$4.18	35.45
Trimble	$3.68B	4.70	$311.30M	$6.09	11.57

Do analysts prefer JBL or TRMB?

Jabil presently has a consensus target price of $167.50, indicating a potential upside of 13.02%. Trimble has a consensus target price of $86.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.02%. Given Trimble's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Trimble is more favorable than Jabil.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Jabil	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Trimble	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.13

Is JBL or TRMB more profitable?

Trimble has a net margin of 40.84% compared to Jabil's net margin of 4.71%. Jabil's return on equity of 41.87% beat Trimble's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Jabil	4.71%	41.87%	4.96%
Trimble	40.84%	10.56%	5.96%

Which has more volatility & risk, JBL or TRMB?

Jabil has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trimble has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Trimble beats Jabil on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.