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PKE vs. MEI, NEON, KTCC, TRMB, JBL, FN, SANM, PLXS, MRCY, and IPGP

Should you be buying Park Aerospace stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Park Aerospace include Methode Electronics (MEI), Neonode (NEON), Key Tronic (KTCC), Trimble (TRMB), Jabil (JBL), Fabrinet (FN), Sanmina (SANM), Plexus (PLXS), Mercury Systems (MRCY), and IPG Photonics (IPGP). These companies are all part of the "electronic manufacturing services" industry.

Park Aerospace vs.

Methode Electronics (NYSE:MEI) and Park Aerospace (NYSE:PKE) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.

Methode Electronics received 260 more outperform votes than Park Aerospace when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.52% of users gave Methode Electronics an outperform vote while only 60.26% of users gave Park Aerospace an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Methode ElectronicsOutperform Votes
492
62.52%
Underperform Votes
295
37.48%
Park AerospaceOutperform Votes
232
60.26%
Underperform Votes
153
39.74%

Methode Electronics presently has a consensus price target of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 44.55%. Given Methode Electronics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Methode Electronics is more favorable than Park Aerospace.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Methode Electronics
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Park Aerospace
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Methode Electronics has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Park Aerospace has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.

95.5% of Methode Electronics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.8% of Park Aerospace shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Methode Electronics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.6% of Park Aerospace shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Methode Electronics pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Park Aerospace pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Methode Electronics pays out -22.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Park Aerospace pays out 138.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Methode Electronics is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Park Aerospace has a net margin of 11.90% compared to Methode Electronics' net margin of -8.16%. Park Aerospace's return on equity of 7.02% beat Methode Electronics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Methode Electronics-8.16% -3.26% -1.78%
Park Aerospace 11.90%7.02%6.07%

Park Aerospace has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Methode Electronics. Methode Electronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Park Aerospace, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Methode Electronics$1.09B0.32-$123.30M-$2.53-3.83
Park Aerospace$61.42M4.40$7.47M$0.3637.68

In the previous week, Methode Electronics had 8 more articles in the media than Park Aerospace. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Methode Electronics and 0 mentions for Park Aerospace. Methode Electronics' average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Park Aerospace's score of 0.00 indicating that Methode Electronics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Methode Electronics Positive
Park Aerospace Neutral

Summary

Methode Electronics beats Park Aerospace on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PKE vs. The Competition

MetricPark AerospaceAircraft parts & equipment IndustryAerospace SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$270.28M$8.87B$19.29B$19.69B
Dividend Yield3.63%2.09%1.32%3.90%
P/E Ratio37.6819.5839.5233.72
Price / Sales4.404.035.3930.87
Price / Cash30.2724.1029.7617.56
Price / Book2.436.765.474.67
Net Income$7.47M$119.77M$324.21M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-0.77%-3.07%-1.21%-2.87%
1 Month Performance-7.03%-6.06%-7.93%-4.66%
1 Year Performance-10.05%17.35%24.17%7.27%

Park Aerospace Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PKE
Park Aerospace
1.077 of 5 stars
$13.35
-2.1%
N/A-8.4%$265.90M$61.42M37.07110Positive News
MEI
Methode Electronics
2.696 of 5 stars
$10.01
-8.2%
$14.00
+39.8%
-53.7%$356.96M$1.09B-3.967,500Upcoming Earnings
NEON
Neonode
2.36 of 5 stars
$8.23
-5.0%
$16.50
+100.5%
+479.6%$138.12M$3.80M-11.5950Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
KTCC
Key Tronic
1.5282 of 5 stars
$2.80
-8.5%
N/A-40.4%$30.13M$514.39M-4.914,122Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
Gap Up
TRMB
Trimble
4.9167 of 5 stars
$69.68
-3.2%
$86.00
+23.4%
+11.8%$17.13B$3.68B11.4412,700Analyst Downgrade
JBL
Jabil
3.8314 of 5 stars
$146.21
-5.6%
$158.83
+8.6%
-0.7%$15.96B$27.49B14.02138,000Positive News
FN
Fabrinet
4.1403 of 5 stars
$189.94
-5.1%
$246.63
+29.8%
-13.1%$6.89B$3.12B21.2514,213Positive News
SANM
Sanmina
4.0039 of 5 stars
$76.39
-6.8%
$80.33
+5.2%
+17.4%$4.15B$7.70B18.6837,000Positive News
PLXS
Plexus
4.4333 of 5 stars
$127.56
-4.0%
$163.00
+27.8%
+34.4%$3.45B$3.95B29.6020,000
MRCY
Mercury Systems
2.0027 of 5 stars
$43.61
-1.8%
$42.14
-3.4%
+46.7%$2.60B$884.38M-27.962,364
IPGP
IPG Photonics
4.6768 of 5 stars
$58.27
+0.1%
$87.75
+50.6%
-33.5%$2.48B$977.13M-13.946,180High Trading Volume

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This page (NYSE:PKE) was last updated on 3/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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