FN vs. TRMB, JBL, SANM, PLXS, MRCY, IPGP, TTMI, BHE, CTS, and PKE
Should you be buying Fabrinet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fabrinet include Trimble (TRMB), Jabil (JBL), Sanmina (SANM), Plexus (PLXS), Mercury Systems (MRCY), IPG Photonics (IPGP), TTM Technologies (TTMI), Benchmark Electronics (BHE), CTS (CTS), and Park Aerospace (PKE). These companies are all part of the "electronic manufacturing services" industry.
Fabrinet vs.
Fabrinet (NYSE:FN) and Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and community ranking.
Fabrinet presently has a consensus target price of $250.43, indicating a potential upside of 12.42%. Trimble has a consensus target price of $86.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.02%. Given Trimble's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Trimble is more favorable than Fabrinet.
Fabrinet received 54 more outperform votes than Trimble when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.43% of users gave Fabrinet an outperform vote while only 68.41% of users gave Trimble an outperform vote.
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.
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.
97.4% of Fabrinet shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.2% of Trimble shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Fabrinet shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Trimble shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Trimble had 7 more articles in the media than Fabrinet. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Trimble and 16 mentions for Fabrinet. Trimble's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Fabrinet's score of 1.10 indicating that Trimble is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Fabrinet has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trimble has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Trimble beats Fabrinet on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:FN) was last updated on 3/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
