FN vs. TRMB, JBL, PLXS, SANM, IPGP, TTMI, MRCY, BHE, CTS, and MEI
Should you be buying Fabrinet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fabrinet include Trimble (TRMB), Jabil (JBL), 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.
Fabrinet vs.
Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) and Fabrinet (NYSE:FN) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk and valuation.
93.2% of Trimble shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of Fabrinet shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Trimble shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Fabrinet 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.
Trimble has a net margin of 40.67% compared to Fabrinet's net margin of 10.28%. Fabrinet's return on equity of 18.08% beat Trimble's return on equity.
In the previous week, Trimble had 5 more articles in the media than Fabrinet. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Trimble and 12 mentions for Fabrinet. Fabrinet's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Trimble's score of 0.72 indicating that Fabrinet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Fabrinet received 53 more outperform votes than Trimble when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.44% of users gave Fabrinet an outperform vote while only 68.26% of users gave Trimble an outperform vote.
Trimble has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fabrinet has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Trimble presently has a consensus target price of $84.86, indicating a potential upside of 9.63%. Fabrinet has a consensus target price of $252.14, indicating a potential downside of 5.83%. Given Trimble's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Trimble is more favorable than Fabrinet.
Trimble has higher revenue and earnings than Fabrinet. Trimble is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fabrinet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Trimble beats Fabrinet on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:FN) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
