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

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), IPG Photonics (IPGP), and Mercury Systems (MRCY). 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 business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

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%

Methode Electronics has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Park Aerospace has a beta of 0.4, indicating that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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$1.07B0.20-$123.30M-$2.61-2.25
Park Aerospace$61.42M4.12$7.47M$0.3635.31

Methode Electronics received 260 more outperform votes than Park Aerospace when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.44% 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
62.44%
Underperform Votes
296
37.56%
Park AerospaceOutperform Votes
232
60.26%
Underperform Votes
153
39.74%

Methode Electronics pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.5%. Park Aerospace pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. 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 presently has a consensus price target of $11.67, indicating a potential upside of 98.58%. Given Methode Electronics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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

In the previous week, Park Aerospace had 1 more articles in the media than Methode Electronics. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Park Aerospace and 2 mentions for Methode Electronics. Park Aerospace's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Methode Electronics' score of -0.07 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
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Park Aerospace
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

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$253.29M$9.08B$19.38B$18.90B
Dividend Yield3.59%2.01%1.26%3.79%
P/E Ratio35.3155.1646.8931.59
Price / Sales4.123.735.2425.45
Price / Cash30.2724.1029.7617.54
Price / Book2.286.345.214.36
Net Income$7.47M$119.77M$324.21M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-5.86%-2.79%-3.30%-3.87%
1 Month Performance-4.74%1.06%-4.97%-4.82%
1 Year Performance-20.65%9.23%14.70%0.29%

Park Aerospace Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PKE
Park Aerospace
1.3838 of 5 stars
$12.71
-4.7%
N/A-20.7%$253.29M$61.42M35.31110Positive News
Gap Down
MEI
Methode Electronics
2.5524 of 5 stars
$6.40
-1.8%
$11.67
+82.4%
-50.4%$228.24M$1.07B-2.537,000Gap Down
NEON
Neonode
1.36 of 5 stars
$8.14
-4.6%
$16.50
+102.7%
+451.4%$136.61M$3.11M-11.4650
KTCC
Key Tronic
1.0519 of 5 stars
$2.58
+0.8%
N/A-43.4%$27.77M$514.39M-4.534,900Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
TRMB
Trimble
4.5655 of 5 stars
$65.65
+0.2%
$86.00
+31.0%
-3.3%$16.14B$3.68B10.7811,800Options Volume
Gap Down
JBL
Jabil
4.3992 of 5 stars
$136.22
+0.2%
$167.50
+23.0%
-10.8%$14.87B$27.45B13.06250,000Short Interest ↑
Positive News
Gap Down
FN
Fabrinet
3.7982 of 5 stars
$198.11
+1.0%
$250.43
+26.4%
-9.2%$7.19B$3.12B22.1614,213Positive News
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
SANM
Sanmina
4.2369 of 5 stars
$76.18
-0.6%
$80.50
+5.7%
+13.4%$4.14B$7.70B18.6337,000Positive News
Gap Down
PLXS
Plexus
4.0273 of 5 stars
$128.13
+0.3%
$163.00
+27.2%
+20.0%$3.46B$3.95B29.7320,000Positive News
IPGP
IPG Photonics
3.9275 of 5 stars
$63.14
-3.1%
$85.40
+35.3%
-37.4%$2.69B$977.13M-15.116,230Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
MRCY
Mercury Systems
1.6766 of 5 stars
$43.09
+0.6%
$43.86
+1.8%
+54.4%$2.57B$884.38M-27.622,390Positive News
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This page (NYSE:PKE) was last updated on 4/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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