JBL vs. FLEX, CLS, TRMB, EPAM, NTNX, MANH, NICE, SSNC, TER, and AKAM
Should you be buying Jabil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Jabil include Flex (FLEX), Celestica (CLS), Trimble (TRMB), EPAM Systems (EPAM), Nutanix (NTNX), Manhattan Associates (MANH), NICE (NICE), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Teradyne (TER), and Akamai Technologies (AKAM). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Flex (NASDAQ:FLEX) and Jabil (NYSE:JBL) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
In the previous week, Flex had 14 more articles in the media than Jabil. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Flex and 12 mentions for Jabil. Flex's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Jabil's score of 0.35 indicating that Jabil is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Jabil has a net margin of 4.70% compared to Jabil's net margin of 2.56%. Flex's return on equity of 39.47% beat Jabil's return on equity.
Flex has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jabil has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Flex presently has a consensus price target of $34.20, indicating a potential upside of 18.05%. Jabil has a consensus price target of $144.50, indicating a potential upside of 22.18%. Given Flex's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Jabil is more favorable than Flex.
Jabil received 112 more outperform votes than Flex when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.56% of users gave Jabil an outperform vote while only 62.19% of users gave Flex an outperform vote.
94.3% of Flex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.4% of Jabil shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Flex shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Jabil shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Summary
Jabil beats Flex on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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