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Park Aerospace (PKE) Competitors

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$13.18 -0.07 (-0.57%)
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PKE vs. MEI, NEON, KTCC, JBL, TRMB, 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), Jabil (JBL), Trimble (TRMB), 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 superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking and profitability.

Methode Electronics received 260 more outperform votes than Park Aerospace when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.36% 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
62.36%
Underperform Votes
297
37.64%
Park AerospaceOutperform Votes
232
60.26%
Underperform Votes
153
39.74%

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

Methode Electronics has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Park Aerospace has a beta of 0.36, suggesting that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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%

In the previous week, Park Aerospace had 1 more articles in the media than Methode Electronics. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Park Aerospace and 1 mentions for Methode Electronics. Park Aerospace's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Methode Electronics' score of 0.42 indicating that Park Aerospace is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Methode Electronics
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Park Aerospace
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Methode Electronics pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. Park Aerospace pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Methode Electronics pays out -21.5% 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.

Methode Electronics currently has a consensus target price of $10.50, indicating a potential upside of 67.73%. Given Methode Electronics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, 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)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Park Aerospace
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

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$1.07B0.21-$123.30M-$2.61-2.40
Park Aerospace$61.42M4.30$7.47M$0.3636.78

Summary

Methode Electronics and Park Aerospace tied by winning 10 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$264.01M$9.12B$19.36B$18.86B
Dividend Yield3.79%2.10%1.28%4.15%
P/E Ratio36.7862.6648.3632.41
Price / Sales4.304.005.4628.58
Price / Cash30.2724.1029.7617.53
Price / Book2.375.775.224.44
Net Income$7.47M$119.77M$324.21M$1.02B
7 Day Performance0.30%1.86%2.78%3.35%
1 Month Performance-4.61%-6.30%-5.48%-5.48%
1 Year Performance-9.62%7.99%22.23%4.28%

Park Aerospace Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PKE
Park Aerospace
1.6446 of 5 stars
$13.24
-0.1%
N/A-13.0%$264.01M$61.42M36.78110News Coverage
Positive News
MEI
Methode Electronics
2.6509 of 5 stars
$5.73
+0.7%
$10.50
+83.2%
-49.0%$204.51M$1.07B-2.267,000
NEON
Neonode
1.6513 of 5 stars
$8.76
-3.3%
$16.50
+88.4%
+513.9%$147.02M$3.11M-12.3450
KTCC
Key Tronic
0.6148 of 5 stars
$2.50
+4.6%
N/A-44.5%$26.91M$514.39M-4.394,900
JBL
Jabil
3.1898 of 5 stars
$129.80
-3.9%
$158.50
+22.1%
+21.5%$13.93B$27.45B12.44250,000Positive News
TRMB
Trimble
4.5499 of 5 stars
$56.22
-3.5%
$86.00
+53.0%
+3.6%$13.82B$3.68B9.2311,800Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
FN
Fabrinet
3.0624 of 5 stars
$173.20
-5.7%
$243.71
+40.7%
+17.2%$6.21B$3.12B19.3714,200Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
SANM
Sanmina
3.7556 of 5 stars
$73.06
-2.5%
$80.50
+10.2%
+30.2%$3.97B$7.70B17.8634,000Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
PLXS
Plexus
4.3678 of 5 stars
$121.02
-1.3%
$163.00
+34.7%
+31.0%$3.27B$3.95B28.0825,000Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
MRCY
Mercury Systems
1.6898 of 5 stars
$47.24
-1.5%
$43.86
-7.2%
+75.0%$2.82B$884.38M-30.282,390News Coverage
Positive News
IPGP
IPG Photonics
4.4482 of 5 stars
$51.98
-2.5%
$85.40
+64.3%
-34.2%$2.21B$977.13M-12.446,230Positive News

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This page (NYSE:PKE) was last updated on 4/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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