Head-To-Head Survey: Jabil (NYSE:JBL) vs. Insight Enterprises (NASDAQ:NSIT)

Insight Enterprises (NASDAQ:NSIT) and Jabil (NYSE:JBL) are both technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

93.4% of Jabil shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Insight Enterprises shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Jabil shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Insight Enterprises and Jabil’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Insight Enterprises	2.45%	22.70%	3.71%
Jabil	2.90%	89.50%	5.54%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Insight Enterprises and Jabil”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Insight Enterprises	$8.25 billion	0.62	$157.35 million	$6.83	25.62
Jabil	$35.95 billion	0.78	$1.04 billion	$9.78	27.50

Jabil has higher revenue and earnings than Insight Enterprises. 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.

Risk & Volatility

Insight Enterprises has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jabil has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Insight Enterprises and Jabil, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Insight Enterprises	0	4	3	0	2.43
Jabil	0	0	9	2	3.18

Insight Enterprises currently has a consensus target price of $147.50, suggesting a potential downside of 15.71%. Jabil has a consensus target price of $434.22, suggesting a potential upside of 61.45%. Given Jabil’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Jabil is more favorable than Insight Enterprises.

Summary

Jabil beats Insight Enterprises on 15 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

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.