Benchmark Electronics (BHE) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate BHE or SANM?

Benchmark Electronics presently has a consensus target price of $42.33, indicating a potential downside of 10.04%. Sanmina has a consensus target price of $64.67, indicating a potential downside of 15.97%. Given Benchmark Electronics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Benchmark Electronics is more favorable than Sanmina.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Benchmark Electronics	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Sanmina	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, BHE or SANM?

Sanmina has higher revenue and earnings than Benchmark Electronics. Sanmina is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Benchmark 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
Benchmark Electronics	$2.69B	0.63	$64.32M	$1.72	27.36
Sanmina	$7.57B	0.56	$222.54M	$3.91	19.68

Which has more volatility & risk, BHE or SANM?

Benchmark Electronics has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sanmina has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor BHE or SANM?

In the previous week, Sanmina had 6 more articles in the media than Benchmark Electronics. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Sanmina and 1 mentions for Benchmark Electronics. Sanmina's average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat Benchmark Electronics' score of 0.31 indicating that Sanmina is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Benchmark Electronics	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
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

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in BHE or SANM?

92.3% of Benchmark Electronics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of Sanmina shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Benchmark Electronics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Sanmina shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is BHE or SANM more profitable?

Sanmina has a net margin of 2.94% compared to Benchmark Electronics' net margin of 2.32%. Sanmina's return on equity of 10.47% beat Benchmark Electronics' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Benchmark Electronics	2.32%	6.81%	3.38%
Sanmina	2.94%	10.47%	5.21%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BHE or SANM?

Sanmina received 157 more outperform votes than Benchmark Electronics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.84% of users gave Sanmina an outperform vote while only 58.96% of users gave Benchmark Electronics an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Benchmark Electronics	Outperform Votes 296 58.96%	Underperform Votes 206 41.04%
Sanmina	Outperform Votes 453 65.84%	Underperform Votes 235 34.16%

Summary

Sanmina beats Benchmark Electronics on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.