Jabil (JBL) Competitors

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, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, JBL or TRMB?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Jabil	$27.45B	0.52	$1.39B	$4.18	32.00
Trimble	$3.68B	3.97	$311.30M	$6.09	9.77

Does the MarketBeat Community favor JBL or TRMB?

Jabil received 89 more outperform votes than Trimble when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.41% of users gave Trimble an outperform vote while only 66.83% of users gave Jabil an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Jabil	Outperform Votes 665 66.83%	Underperform Votes 330 33.17%
Trimble	Outperform Votes 576 68.41%	Underperform Votes 266 31.59%

Is JBL or TRMB more profitable?

Trimble has a net margin of 40.84% compared to Jabil's net margin of 4.71%. Jabil's return on equity of 41.87% beat Trimble's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Jabil	4.71%	41.87%	4.96%
Trimble	40.84%	10.56%	5.96%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of JBL or TRMB?

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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate JBL or TRMB?

Jabil presently has a consensus target price of $162.00, indicating a potential upside of 21.11%. Trimble has a consensus target price of $86.00, indicating a potential upside of 44.56%. Given Trimble's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Trimble	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.13

Does the media favor JBL or TRMB?

In the previous week, Jabil had 10 more articles in the media than Trimble. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Jabil and 19 mentions for Trimble. Jabil's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Trimble's score of 1.10 indicating that Jabil is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Jabil	24 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Trimble	13 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, JBL or TRMB?

Jabil has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trimble has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Trimble beats Jabil on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.