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$71.64 +0.90 (+1.27%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:40 PM ET)

TRMB vs. JBL, FN, PLXS, SANM, IPGP, TTMI, MRCY, BHE, CTS, and MEI

Should you be buying Trimble stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Trimble include Jabil (JBL), Fabrinet (FN), Plexus (PLXS), Sanmina (SANM), IPG Photonics (IPGP), TTM Technologies (TTMI), Mercury Systems (MRCY), Benchmark Electronics (BHE), CTS (CTS), and Methode Electronics (MEI). These companies are all part of the "electronic manufacturing services" industry.

Trimble vs.

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

Trimble has a net margin of 40.67% compared to Jabil's net margin of 4.81%. Jabil's return on equity of 42.64% beat Trimble's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Jabil4.81% 42.64% 5.50%
Trimble 40.67%10.18%5.41%

Jabil received 87 more outperform votes than Trimble when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.26% of users gave Trimble an outperform vote while only 66.90% of users gave Jabil an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
JabilOutperform Votes
659
66.90%
Underperform Votes
326
33.10%
TrimbleOutperform Votes
572
68.26%
Underperform Votes
266
31.74%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Jabil$28.88B0.56$1.39B$11.0213.16
Trimble$3.63B4.82$311.30M$5.9811.98

Jabil currently has a consensus price target of $153.17, suggesting a potential upside of 5.63%. Trimble has a consensus price target of $84.86, suggesting a potential upside of 18.45%. Given Trimble's stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71
Trimble
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Jabil had 20 more articles in the media than Trimble. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Jabil and 24 mentions for Trimble. Jabil's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Trimble's score of 0.31 indicating that Jabil is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Jabil
16 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Trimble
5 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Jabil has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trimble has a beta of 1.53, meaning that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.

93.4% of Jabil shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.2% of Trimble shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Jabil shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Trimble shares are held by company 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.

Summary

Jabil beats Trimble on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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TRMB vs. The Competition

MetricTrimbleMeasuring & controlling devices IndustryIndustrial SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$17.50B$18.87B$9.23B$9.08B
Dividend YieldN/A3.19%2.06%4.18%
P/E Ratio11.9819.1621.0817.18
Price / Sales4.829.504.85115.69
Price / Cash22.9116.1019.2637.88
Price / Book3.963.044.244.78
Net Income$311.30M$504.25M$398.18M$225.60M
7 Day Performance-2.65%-3.94%-4.68%-1.26%
1 Month Performance1.65%-3.01%-0.46%4.37%
1 Year Performance39.32%-1.53%16.08%18.73%

Trimble Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TRMB
Trimble
4.629 of 5 stars
$71.64
+1.3%
$84.86
+18.4%
+39.3%$17.50B$3.63B11.9812,700High Trading Volume
JBL
Jabil
3.83 of 5 stars
$133.95
-0.9%
$145.17
+8.4%
+12.8%$15.12B$28.88B12.26138,000Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
FN
Fabrinet
3.262 of 5 stars
$239.39
-3.4%
$252.14
+5.3%
+17.6%$8.68B$3.00B29.3314,213Positive News
Gap Down
PLXS
Plexus
3.5089 of 5 stars
$167.21
+0.7%
$147.25
-11.9%
+45.5%$4.53B$3.96B41.7320,000Positive News
SANM
Sanmina
4.0995 of 5 stars
$80.32
+0.3%
$74.50
-7.2%
+47.8%$4.33B$7.57B20.5637,000Positive News
IPGP
IPG Photonics
4.2245 of 5 stars
$77.67
+0.1%
$93.50
+20.4%
-31.0%$3.36B$1.04B-22.376,180
TTMI
TTM Technologies
3.9223 of 5 stars
$26.57
+3.2%
$26.31
-1.0%
+59.5%$2.71B$2.23B39.0015,800
MRCY
Mercury Systems
1.3344 of 5 stars
$39.07
+3.2%
$36.29
-7.1%
+7.5%$2.33B$858.72M-19.172,364
BHE
Benchmark Electronics
1.7584 of 5 stars
$48.57
+0.5%
$42.33
-12.8%
+63.3%$1.75B$2.69B28.1012,703Positive News
CTS
CTS
2.5335 of 5 stars
$57.31
+1.5%
$46.00
-19.7%
+25.8%$1.73B$513.03M29.434,081
MEI
Methode Electronics
3.285 of 5 stars
$13.12
+0.4%
$15.00
+14.3%
-44.7%$462.35M$1.11B-5.177,500

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This page (NASDAQ:TRMB) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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