FLEX vs. JBL, CLS, SANM, NVT, JKHY, LOGI, AZPN, MANH, BRKR, and JNPR
Should you be buying Flex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Flex include Jabil (JBL), Celestica (CLS), Sanmina (SANM), nVent Electric (NVT), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), Logitech International (LOGI), Aspen Technology (AZPN), Manhattan Associates (MANH), Bruker (BRKR), and Juniper Networks (JNPR). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Jabil (NYSE:JBL) and Flex (NASDAQ:FLEX) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, dividends, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
93.4% of Jabil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.3% of Flex shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Jabil shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Flex shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Jabil received 111 more outperform votes than Flex when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.56% of users gave Jabil an outperform vote while only 62.17% of users gave Flex an outperform vote.
Jabil has higher revenue and earnings than Flex. Jabil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Flex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Flex had 33 more articles in the media than Jabil. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Flex and 8 mentions for Jabil. Flex's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Jabil's score of 0.38 indicating that Jabil is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Jabil currently has a consensus target price of $144.50, indicating a potential upside of 23.27%. Flex has a consensus target price of $32.83, indicating a potential upside of 17.68%. Given Flex's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Jabil is more favorable than Flex.
Jabil has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flex has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Jabil beats Flex on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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