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Park Aerospace (PKE) Competitors

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$14.79 +0.17 (+1.16%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

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

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), Plexus (PLXS), Sanmina (SANM), IPG Photonics (IPGP), and TTM Technologies (TTMI). These companies are all part of the "electronic manufacturing services" industry.

Park Aerospace vs.

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

Methode Electronics received 262 more outperform votes than Park Aerospace when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.55% of users gave Methode Electronics an outperform vote while only 60.10% of users gave Park Aerospace an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Park AerospaceOutperform Votes
229
60.10%
Underperform Votes
152
39.90%
Methode ElectronicsOutperform Votes
491
62.55%
Underperform Votes
294
37.45%

Methode Electronics has a consensus target price of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 55.04%. Given Methode Electronics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Methode Electronics is more favorable than Park Aerospace.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Park Aerospace
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Methode Electronics
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Park Aerospace has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Methode Electronics has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Park Aerospace has a net margin of 11.82% compared to Methode Electronics' net margin of -13.15%. Park Aerospace's return on equity of 6.61% beat Methode Electronics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Park Aerospace11.82% 6.61% 5.74%
Methode Electronics -13.15%-3.50%-1.94%

77.8% of Park Aerospace shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Methode Electronics shares are held by institutional investors. 10.6% of Park Aerospace shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Methode Electronics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Methode Electronics had 1 more articles in the media than Park Aerospace. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Methode Electronics and 1 mentions for Park Aerospace. Methode Electronics' average media sentiment score of 1.84 beat Park Aerospace's score of 1.76 indicating that Methode Electronics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Park Aerospace pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Methode Electronics pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Park Aerospace pays out 147.1% 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 pays out -13.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Methode Electronics is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Park Aerospace has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Park Aerospace$58.65M5.03$7.47M$0.3443.50
Methode Electronics$1.11B0.29-$123.30M-$4.03-2.24

Summary

Methode Electronics beats Park Aerospace on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PKE vs. The Competition

MetricPark AerospaceAircraft parts & equipment IndustryAerospace SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$295.24M$8.25B$17.97B$19.87B
Dividend Yield3.38%2.04%1.24%3.53%
P/E Ratio43.5021.9235.6242.89
Price / Sales5.037.6514.0318.10
Price / Cash31.7621.9726.6217.86
Price / Book2.655.215.735.52
Net Income$7.47M$119.77M$465.73M$986.45M
7 Day Performance-0.20%-1.42%-1.61%-0.22%
1 Month Performance1.02%-1.90%3.27%0.12%
1 Year Performance-2.12%11.00%43.78%23.71%

Park Aerospace Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PKE
Park Aerospace
1.4793 of 5 stars
$14.79
+1.2%
N/A-2.1%$291.84M$56M43.50123Positive News
MEI
Methode Electronics
3.5339 of 5 stars
$9.03
-2.5%
$14.00
+55.0%
-62.5%$326.37M$1.11B0.007,500Positive News
NEON
Neonode
3.1847 of 5 stars
$6.53
+1.2%
$16.50
+152.7%
+462.9%$108.25M$4.45M0.0050
KTCC
Key Tronic
1.9074 of 5 stars
$5.81
+2.3%
N/A+52.5%$61.13M$559.40M0.004,122High Trading Volume
TRMB
Trimble
3.9348 of 5 stars
$70.48
+1.2%
$75.40
+7.0%
+60.4%$17.01B$3.80B11.7912,700
JBL
Jabil
4.01 of 5 stars
$128.18
+0.5%
$143.50
+12.0%
-3.2%$14.39B$28.88B11.63138,000Positive News
FN
Fabrinet
3.5288 of 5 stars
$226.24
-9.0%
$252.14
+11.5%
+32.1%$9.02B$2.88B26.7714,213Analyst Downgrade
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
PLXS
Plexus
3.7973 of 5 stars
$156.65
-0.7%
$133.50
-14.8%
+46.6%$4.28B$3.96B39.0625,000Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
SANM
Sanmina
4.1448 of 5 stars
$77.58
+0.8%
$64.67
-16.6%
+54.6%$4.20B$7.57B19.8434,000Positive News
IPGP
IPG Photonics
4.4516 of 5 stars
$73.52
+1.1%
$93.50
+27.2%
-23.4%$3.15B$1.29B0.006,180Positive News
TTMI
TTM Technologies
4.1511 of 5 stars
$23.30
-0.2%
$25.31
+8.6%
+61.8%$2.38B$2.23B35.3015,800Insider Trade
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:PKE) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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