JBL vs. SANM, FLEX, CLS, AKAM, LOGI, NICE, TRMB, DT, NVT, and MANH
Should you be buying Jabil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Jabil include Sanmina (SANM), Flex (FLEX), Celestica (CLS), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), Logitech International (LOGI), NICE (NICE), Trimble (TRMB), Dynatrace (DT), nVent Electric (NVT), and Manhattan Associates (MANH). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Sanmina (NASDAQ:SANM) and Jabil (NYSE:JBL) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment and dividends.
Jabil received 196 more outperform votes than Sanmina when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.56% of users gave Jabil an outperform vote while only 66.22% of users gave Sanmina an outperform vote.
Sanmina has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jabil has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Jabil has a net margin of 4.70% compared to Jabil's net margin of 3.11%. Sanmina's return on equity of 39.47% beat Jabil's return on equity.
92.7% of Sanmina shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.4% of Jabil shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Sanmina shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Jabil shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Sanmina presently has a consensus target price of $62.33, suggesting a potential downside of 6.95%. Jabil has a consensus target price of $144.50, suggesting a potential upside of 25.63%. Given Sanmina's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Jabil is more favorable than Sanmina.
In the previous week, Jabil had 1 more articles in the media than Sanmina. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Jabil and 11 mentions for Sanmina. Sanmina's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Jabil's score of 0.70 indicating that Jabil is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Jabil has higher revenue and earnings than Sanmina. Jabil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sanmina, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Jabil beats Sanmina on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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