TRMB vs. JBL, ONTO, FN, IPGP, SANM, PLXS, CUB, TTMI, MRCY, and CTS
Should you be buying Trimble stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Trimble include Jabil (JBL), Onto Innovation (ONTO), Fabrinet (FN), IPG Photonics (IPGP), Sanmina (SANM), Plexus (PLXS), Cubic (CUB), TTM Technologies (TTMI), Mercury Systems (MRCY), and CTS (CTS). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) and Jabil (NYSE:JBL) 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 profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Jabil had 4 more articles in the media than Trimble. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Jabil and 8 mentions for Trimble. Jabil's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Trimble's score of 1.21 indicating that Jabil is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Trimble currently has a consensus target price of $66.67, suggesting a potential upside of 20.32%. Jabil has a consensus target price of $144.50, suggesting a potential upside of 24.49%. Given Jabil's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Jabil is more favorable than Trimble.
Jabil has higher revenue and earnings than Trimble. Jabil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trimble, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Trimble has a net margin of 6.25% compared to Jabil's net margin of 4.70%. Jabil's return on equity of 39.47% beat Trimble's return on equity.
93.2% of Trimble shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.4% of Jabil shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Trimble shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Jabil shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Jabil received 90 more outperform votes than Trimble when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.35% of users gave Trimble an outperform vote while only 66.56% of users gave Jabil an outperform vote.
Trimble has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jabil has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Jabil beats Trimble on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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