Fabrinet (FN) Competitors

Fabrinet (NYSE:FN) and Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FN or TRMB?

Fabrinet received 54 more outperform votes than Trimble when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.34% of users gave Fabrinet an outperform vote while only 68.41% of users gave Trimble an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fabrinet	Outperform Votes 630 73.34%	Underperform Votes 229 26.66%
Trimble	Outperform Votes 576 68.41%	Underperform Votes 266 31.59%

Do analysts rate FN or TRMB?

Fabrinet presently has a consensus target price of $250.14, suggesting a potential upside of 33.01%. Trimble has a consensus target price of $86.00, suggesting a potential upside of 44.32%. Given Trimble's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Trimble is more favorable than Fabrinet.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fabrinet	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
Trimble	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.13

Does the media refer more to FN or TRMB?

In the previous week, Trimble had 3 more articles in the media than Fabrinet. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Trimble and 15 mentions for Fabrinet. Fabrinet's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Trimble's score of 1.17 indicating that Fabrinet is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fabrinet	12 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Trimble	14 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals believe in FN or TRMB?

97.4% of Fabrinet shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.2% of Trimble shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Fabrinet shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Trimble shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, FN or TRMB?

Fabrinet has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less 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.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, FN or TRMB?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fabrinet	$3.12B	2.16	$296.18M	$8.94	21.04
Trimble	$3.68B	3.98	$311.30M	$6.09	9.78

Is FN or TRMB more profitable?

Trimble has a net margin of 40.84% compared to Fabrinet's net margin of 10.44%. Fabrinet's return on equity of 18.48% beat Trimble's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fabrinet	10.44%	18.48%	13.68%
Trimble	40.84%	10.56%	5.96%

Summary

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