FLEX vs. JBL, CLS, SANM, PLXS, TTMI, CTS, BHE, NNDM, KE, and ELTK
Should you be buying Flex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Flex include Jabil (JBL), Celestica (CLS), Sanmina (SANM), Plexus (PLXS), TTM Technologies (TTMI), CTS (CTS), Benchmark Electronics (BHE), Nano Dimension (NNDM), Kimball Electronics (KE), and Eltek (ELTK). These companies are all part of the "printed circuit boards" industry.
Jabil (NYSE:JBL) and Flex (NASDAQ:FLEX) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.
Jabil received 110 more outperform votes than Flex when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.56% of users gave Jabil an outperform vote while only 62.14% of users gave Flex an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Flex had 13 more articles in the media than Jabil. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Flex and 10 mentions for Jabil. Flex's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Jabil's score of 0.39 indicating that Jabil is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Jabil has a net margin of 4.70% compared to Jabil's net margin of 3.58%. Flex's return on equity of 39.47% beat Jabil's return on equity.
93.4% of Jabil shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.3% of Flex shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Jabil shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Flex shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Flex has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Jabil. Jabil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Flex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Jabil has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flex has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Jabil currently has a consensus target price of $144.50, suggesting a potential upside of 21.53%. Flex has a consensus target price of $32.83, suggesting a potential downside of 0.90%. Given Flex's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Jabil is more favorable than Flex.
Summary
Jabil beats Flex on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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