FLEX vs. JBL, CLS, SANM, TOST, JKHY, TWLO, ALAB, ONTO, JNPR, and AZPN
Should you be buying Flex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Flex include Jabil (JBL), Celestica (CLS), Sanmina (SANM), Toast (TOST), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), Twilio (TWLO), Astera Labs (ALAB), Onto Innovation (ONTO), Juniper Networks (JNPR), and Aspen Technology (AZPN). 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 stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Jabil shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Flex has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Jabil. Jabil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Flex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
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.
Flex currently has a consensus price target of $32.83, indicating a potential upside of 12.06%. Jabil has a consensus price target of $144.50, indicating a potential upside of 25.63%. Given Jabil's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Jabil is more favorable than Flex.
Jabil has a net margin of 4.70% compared to Flex's net margin of 3.58%. Jabil's return on equity of 39.47% beat Flex's return on equity.
Flex has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jabil has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Flex had 4 more articles in the media than Jabil. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Flex and 12 mentions for Jabil. Jabil's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Flex's score of 0.54 indicating that Jabil is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Jabil beats Flex on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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