KEMET (KEM) Competitors

KEMET (NYSE:KEM) and Plexus (NASDAQ:PLXS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and community ranking.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in KEM or PLXS?

94.5% of KEMET shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.5% of Plexus shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of KEMET shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Plexus shares are held by 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.

Which has better earnings and valuation, KEM or PLXS?

Plexus has higher revenue and earnings than KEMET. KEMET is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Plexus, 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
KEMET	$1.26B	1.22	$41.38M	$2.15	12.19
Plexus	$3.96B	1.16	$111.82M	$4.01	42.47

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in KEM or PLXS?

Plexus received 81 more outperform votes than KEMET when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.46% of users gave KEMET an outperform vote while only 62.84% of users gave Plexus an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
KEMET	Outperform Votes 340 67.46%	Underperform Votes 164 32.54%
Plexus	Outperform Votes 421 62.84%	Underperform Votes 249 37.16%

Do analysts recommend KEM or PLXS?

Plexus has a consensus price target of $159.00, indicating a potential downside of 6.65%. Given Plexus' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Plexus is more favorable than KEMET.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
KEMET	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Plexus	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media favor KEM or PLXS?

In the previous week, Plexus had 8 more articles in the media than KEMET. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Plexus and 0 mentions for KEMET. Plexus' average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat KEMET's score of 0.00 indicating that Plexus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
KEMET	Neutral
Plexus	Positive

Is KEM or PLXS more profitable?

KEMET has a net margin of 3.28% compared to Plexus' net margin of 2.82%. KEMET's return on equity of 19.09% beat Plexus' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
KEMET	3.28%	19.09%	9.08%
Plexus	2.82%	9.51%	3.77%

Which has more risk & volatility, KEM or PLXS?

KEMET has a beta of 1.86, indicating that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plexus has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Plexus beats KEMET on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.