Benchmark Electronics vs Fabrinet
BHE and FN side by side. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How BHE and FN compare
Fabrinet is the larger company, worth 4.8 times as much as Benchmark Electronics ($11.7B against $2.5B).
On earnings, Fabrinet is cheaper: it trades at 25.1× trailing earnings, against 46.5× for Benchmark Electronics.
Fabrinet grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (35.7% versus 8.9% for Benchmark Electronics).
Fabrinet keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 10.2% compared with 1.9% at Benchmark Electronics.
Benchmark Electronics pays a dividend yielding 0.99%; Fabrinet does not pay one.
Fabrinet scores higher on the StockData Score (19 against 14 for Benchmark Electronics), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | BHE | FN |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $2.5B | $11.7B |
| Share price | $68.37 | $327.29 |
| Change, 1 year | 56.2% | −26.3% |
| Change, 5 years | 161% | 172% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.99 | 1.60 |
| Employees | 12K | 22K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 14 | 19 (better) |
| Valuation score | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Growth score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Performance score | 2 | 6 (better) |
| Health score | 5 | 6 (better) |
| Dividend score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 46.5× | 25.1× (better) |
| P/S | 0.9× (better) | 2.5× |
| P/B | 2.2× (better) | 4.8× |
| EV/EBITDA | 16.2× (better) | 20.4× |
| P/FCF | 19.5× (better) | 2778× |
| PEG | – | 1.02 |
| FCF yield | 5.1% (better) | 0.04% |
| Fair value | $53.05 | $355.77 |
| Margin of safety | −28.9% | 8.0% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 8.9% | 35.7% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 5.3% | 19.8% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 46.7% (better) | 42.3% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 50.0% (better) | 42.3% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 12.3% | 27.0% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 10.3% | 12.0% (better) |
| Operating margin | 3.4% | 10.0% (better) |
| Net margin | 1.9% | 10.2% (better) |
| FCF margin | 4.5% (better) | 0.09% |
| Return on equity | 4.8% | 21.3% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 6.0% | 30.0% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.16 (better) | 0.00 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.93 | – |
| Interest coverage | 6.0× | – |
| Current ratio | 1.99 | 2.25 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 3.55 | 7.87 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.99% | – |
| Payout ratio | 45.8% | – |
| Buyback yield | 0.68% (better) | 0.04% |
| Shareholder yield | 1.7% (better) | 0.04% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 103% | 102% |
| Held by insiders | 2.7% | 0.52% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$12.9M (better) | −$17.0M |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 2 |
| Short interest, % of float | 4.0% | 4.6% |
Go deeper
- BHE stock overview
- BHE income statement
- BHE valuation and score
- FN stock overview
- FN income statement
- FN valuation and score
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