CLS vs. JBL, FLEX, SANM, PLXS, TTMI, CTS, BHE, NNDM, KE, and ELTK
Should you be buying Celestica stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Celestica include Jabil (JBL), Flex (FLEX), 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 Celestica (NYSE:CLS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.
Jabil presently has a consensus price target of $144.50, suggesting a potential upside of 21.53%. Celestica has a consensus price target of $45.56, suggesting a potential downside of 18.53%. Given Celestica's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Jabil is more favorable than Celestica.
In the previous week, Celestica had 7 more articles in the media than Jabil. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Celestica and 10 mentions for Jabil. Celestica's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Jabil's score of 0.58 indicating that Jabil is being referred to more favorably in the media.
93.4% of Jabil shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.4% of Celestica shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Jabil shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Celestica shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Jabil has higher revenue and earnings than Celestica. Jabil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Celestica, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Jabil has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Celestica has a beta of 2.25, suggesting that its share price is 125% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Jabil received 291 more outperform votes than Celestica when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.56% of users gave Jabil an outperform vote while only 55.57% of users gave Celestica an outperform vote.
Jabil has a net margin of 4.70% compared to Jabil's net margin of 3.86%. Celestica's return on equity of 39.47% beat Jabil's return on equity.
Summary
Jabil beats Celestica on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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