Jabil (NYSE:JBL – Get Free Report) and Insight Enterprises (NASDAQ:NSIT – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
93.4% of Jabil shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Jabil shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Insight Enterprises 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.
Profitability
This table compares Jabil and Insight Enterprises’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Jabil | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Insight Enterprises | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Jabil and Insight Enterprises, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Jabil | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3.18 |
| Insight Enterprises | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2.43 |
Jabil presently has a consensus price target of $434.22, indicating a potential upside of 52.96%. Insight Enterprises has a consensus price target of $147.50, indicating a potential downside of 17.30%. Given Jabil’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Jabil is more favorable than Insight Enterprises.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Jabil and Insight Enterprises”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Jabil | N/A | N/A | N/A | $9.78 | 29.03 |
| Insight Enterprises | $8.58 billion | 0.61 | $200.45 million | $6.83 | 26.11 |
Insight Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than Jabil. Insight Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Jabil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Jabil beats Insight Enterprises on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Jabil
Jabil Inc. provides manufacturing services and solutions worldwide. It operates in two segments, Electronics Manufacturing Services and Diversified Manufacturing Services. The company offers electronics design, production, and product management services; electronic circuit design services, such as application-specific integrated circuit design, firmware development, and rapid prototyping services; and designs plastic and metal enclosures that include the electro-mechanics, such as the printed circuit board assemblies (PCBA). It also provides three-dimensional mechanical design comprising the analysis of electronic, electro-mechanical, and optical assemblies, as well as various industrial design, mechanism development, and tooling management services. In addition, the company provides computer-assisted design services consisting of PCBA design, as well as PCBA design validation and verification services; and other consulting services, such as the generation of a bill of materials, approved vendor list, and assembly equipment configuration for various PCBA designs. Further, it offers product and process validation services, such as product system, product safety, regulatory compliance, and reliability tests, as well as manufacturing test solution development services. Additionally, the company provides systems assembly, test, direct-order fulfillment, and configure-to-order services. It serves 5G, wireless and cloud, digital print and retail, industrial and semi-cap, networking and storage, automotive and transportation, connected devices, healthcare and packaging, and mobility industries. The company was formerly known as Jabil Circuit, Inc. and changed its name to Jabil Inc. in June 2017. Jabil Inc. was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Saint Petersburg, Florida.
About Insight Enterprises
Insight Enterprises, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides information technology, hardware, software, and services in the United States and internationally. The company offers modern platforms/infrastructure that manages and supports cloud and data platforms, modern networks, and edge technologies; cybersecurity solutions automates and connects modern platform securely; data and artificial intelligence modernizes data platforms and architectures, and build data analytics and AI solutions; modern workplace and apps; and intelligent edge solutions that gathers and utilizes data for real-time decision making. It also provides software maintenance solutions that offers clients to obtain software upgrades, bug fixes, help desk, and other support services; vendor direct support services contracts; and cloud/software-as-a-service subscription products. In addition, the company designs, procures, deploys, implements, and manages solutions that combine hardware, software, and services to help businesses. It serves construction, esports, financial services, health care and life sciences, manufacturing, retail and restaurant, service providers, small to medium business, and travel and tourism industries. Insight Enterprises, Inc., was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Chandler, Arizona.
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