Reviewing Key Tronic (KTCC) and Its Peers

Key Tronic (NASDAQ:KTCC) is one of 377 publicly-traded companies in the “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Key Tronic to related companies based on the strength of its risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares Key Tronic and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Key Tronic	-13.72%	-14.11%	-4.15%
Key Tronic Competitors	-141.19%	-31.04%	-7.22%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Key Tronic and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Key Tronic	1	0	0	0	1.00
Key Tronic Competitors	2049	7616	10449	665	2.47

As a group, “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies have a potential upside of 40.48%. Given Key Tronic’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Key Tronic has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Risk & Volatility

Key Tronic has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Key Tronic’s peers have a beta of -0.29, indicating that their average stock price is 129% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Key Tronic and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Key Tronic	$386.67 million	-$47.79 million	-0.27
Key Tronic Competitors	$114.96 billion	$172.92 million	4.81

Key Tronic’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Key Tronic. Key Tronic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

40.7% of Key Tronic shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.5% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are held by institutional investors. 7.9% of Key Tronic shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.0% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Key Tronic peers beat Key Tronic on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

About Key Tronic

Key Tronic Corporation provides contract manufacturing services to original equipment manufacturers in the United States and internationally. The company offers integrated electronic and mechanical engineering, assembly, sourcing and procurement, logistics, and new product testing services. Its services include product design; surface mount technologies and pin through hole capability for printed circuit board assembly; tool making; precision plastic molding; sheet metal fabrication and painting; liquid injection molding; complex assembly; prototype design; and full product assembly services. The company manufactures and sells keyboards and other input devices. It markets its products and services primarily through field sales people and distributors. Key Tronic Corporation was incorporated in 1969 and is headquartered in Spokane Valley, Washington.