Financial Survey: Inno (NASDAQ:INHD) versus Benchmark Electronics (NYSE:BHE)

Inno (NASDAQ:INHD) and Benchmark Electronics (NYSE:BHE) are both technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Inno and Benchmark Electronics”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Inno	$2.85 million	3.32	-$7.08 million	($5.90)	-0.64
Benchmark Electronics	$2.66 billion	1.10	$24.85 million	$1.47	55.49

Benchmark Electronics has higher revenue and earnings than Inno. Inno is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Benchmark Electronics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Inno and Benchmark Electronics, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Inno	1	0	0	0	1.00
Benchmark Electronics	0	1	3	0	2.75

Benchmark Electronics has a consensus target price of $91.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.56%. Given Benchmark Electronics’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Benchmark Electronics is more favorable than Inno.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.2% of Inno shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.3% of Benchmark Electronics shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Inno shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Benchmark Electronics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

Inno has a beta of -23.22, suggesting that its share price is 2,422% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Benchmark Electronics has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Inno and Benchmark Electronics’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Inno	-72.63%	-9.47%	-9.36%
Benchmark Electronics	1.89%	7.28%	3.81%

Summary

Benchmark Electronics beats Inno on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Inno

Inno Holdings Inc. manufactures and sells cold-formed-steel members, castor cubes, mobile factories, and prefabricated homes in the United States. The company provides cold-formed steel framing and a mobile factory for off-site equipment rental, sales, service, and support. It serves in residential, commercial, industrial, and infrastructure projects. Inno Holdings Inc. was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Brookshire, Texas.

About Benchmark Electronics

Benchmark Electronics, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, offers product design, engineering services, technology solutions, and manufacturing services in the Americas, Asia, and Europe. The company provides engineering services and technology solutions, including new product design, prototype, testing, and related engineering services; and custom testing and technology solutions, as well as automation equipment design and build services. It also offers electronics manufacturing and testing services, such as printed circuit board assembly and test solutions, assembly of subsystems, circuitry and functionality testing of printed assemblies, environmental and stress testing, and component reliability testing; component engineering services; manufacturing defect analysis, in-circuit testing, functional testing, and life cycle testing services, as well as environmental stress tests of assemblies of boards or systems; and failure analysis. In addition, the company provides precision machining and electromechanical assembly services; and subsystem and system integration services, including assembly, configuration, and testing for various industries. Further, it provides value-added support systems; supply chain management solutions; direct order fulfillment; and aftermarket non-warranty services, including repair, replacement, refurbishment, remanufacturing, exchange, systems upgrade, and spare parts manufacturing throughout a product’s life cycle. The company serves original equipment manufacturers in the aerospace and defense, medical technologies, complex industrials, semiconductor capital equipment, telecommunications, and advanced computing industries. It markets its services and solutions primarily through a direct sales force. The company was formerly known as Electronics, Inc. Benchmark Electronics, Inc. was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Tempe, Arizona.