FN vs. JBL, TRMB, IPGP, SANM, PLXS, TTMI, MRCY, CTS, BHE, and MEI
Should you be buying Fabrinet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fabrinet include Jabil (JBL), Trimble (TRMB), IPG Photonics (IPGP), Sanmina (SANM), Plexus (PLXS), TTM Technologies (TTMI), Mercury Systems (MRCY), CTS (CTS), Benchmark Electronics (BHE), and Methode Electronics (MEI). These companies are all part of the "electronic manufacturing services" industry.
Jabil (NYSE:JBL) and Fabrinet (NYSE:FN) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and valuation.
In the previous week, Jabil had 2 more articles in the media than Fabrinet. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Jabil and 8 mentions for Fabrinet. Jabil's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Fabrinet's score of 0.99 indicating that Fabrinet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Jabil has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fabrinet has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
93.4% of Jabil shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of Fabrinet shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Jabil shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Fabrinet shares are held by company 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 has higher revenue and earnings than Fabrinet. Jabil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fabrinet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Jabil presently has a consensus price target of $144.50, suggesting a potential upside of 21.53%. Fabrinet has a consensus price target of $161.00, suggesting a potential downside of 32.79%. Given Fabrinet's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Jabil is more favorable than Fabrinet.
Jabil received 23 more outperform votes than Fabrinet when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.14% of users gave Fabrinet an outperform vote while only 66.56% of users gave Jabil an outperform vote.
Fabrinet has a net margin of 9.90% compared to Fabrinet's net margin of 4.70%. Fabrinet's return on equity of 39.47% beat Jabil's return on equity.
Summary
Jabil beats Fabrinet on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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