PKE vs. NEON, MEI, KTCC, JBL, TRMB, FN, SANM, TTMI, PLXS, and IPGP
Should you be buying Park Aerospace stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Park Aerospace include Neonode (NEON), Methode Electronics (MEI), Key Tronic (KTCC), Jabil (JBL), Trimble (TRMB), Fabrinet (FN), Sanmina (SANM), TTM Technologies (TTMI), Plexus (PLXS), and IPG Photonics (IPGP). These companies are all part of the "electronic manufacturing services" industry.
Park Aerospace vs. Its Competitors
Park Aerospace (NYSE:PKE) and Neonode (NASDAQ:NEON) are both small-cap electronic manufacturing services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.
Neonode has a consensus price target of $16.50, suggesting a potential downside of 41.80%. Given Neonode's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Neonode is more favorable than Park Aerospace.
77.8% of Park Aerospace shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.6% of Neonode shares are held by institutional investors. 11.3% of Park Aerospace shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.9% of Neonode shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Park Aerospace had 5 more articles in the media than Neonode. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Park Aerospace and 2 mentions for Neonode. Neonode's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Park Aerospace's score of 0.55 indicating that Neonode is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Park Aerospace has a net margin of 10.98% compared to Neonode's net margin of -217.85%. Park Aerospace's return on equity of 7.54% beat Neonode's return on equity.
Park Aerospace has a beta of 0.41, indicating that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Neonode has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Park Aerospace has higher revenue and earnings than Neonode. Neonode is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Park Aerospace, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Park Aerospace beats Neonode on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:PKE) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
