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FLEX vs KE
Side-by-side comparison of Flex Ltd. (FLEX) and Kimball Electronics Inc. (KE): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both FLEX and KE operate in Electrical Products (Technology), so they compete in similar markets.
- FLEX is the larger of the two at $39.47B, about 68.9x KE ($572.8M).
- Over the past year, FLEX is up 99.1% and KE is down 17.7% - FLEX leads by 116.8 points.
- KE has been more active in the news (12 items in the past 4 weeks vs 3 for FLEX).
- FLEX has more recent analyst coverage (10 ratings vs 5 for KE).
- Company
- Flex Ltd.
- Kimball Electronics Inc.
- Price
- $106.84-2.26%
- $23.93+1.42%
- Market cap
- $39.47B
- $572.8M
- 1M return
- -9.02%
- -6.98%
- 1Y return
- +99.11%
- -17.67%
- Industry
- Electrical Products
- Electrical Products
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
- NASDAQ
- IPO
- 1994
- News (4w)
- 3
- 12
- Recent ratings
- 10
- 5
Flex Ltd.
Flex Ltd. provides design, engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain services and solutions to original equipment manufacturers in Asia, the Americas, and Europe. It operates through High Reliability Solutions, Industrial and Emerging Industries, Communications & Enterprise Compute, and Consumer Technologies Group segments. The company provides a portfolio of technologies in electrical/electronics, electromechanical, and software; and cross-industry technologies, including human machine interface, audio and video, system in package, miniaturization, IoT platforms, and power management. It also designs and integrates advanced data center servers, storage and networking equipment, and data center appliances. In addition, the company provides value-added design and engineering services; and systems assembly and manufacturing services that include enclosures, testing services, and materials procurement and inventory management services. Further, it offers chargers for smartphones and tablets; adapters for notebooks and gaming systems; power supplies for the server, storage, and networking markets; isolated DC/DC converters and non-isolated Point of Load converters for the information and communications technology market; and specialized power module solutions for other markets. Additionally, the company provides after-market and forward supply chain logistics services comprising supplier-managed inventory, inbound freight management, product postponement, build/configure to order, order fulfillment and distribution, asset tracking, and supply chain network design; and reverse logistics and repair solutions, including returns management, exchange programs, complex repair, asset recovery, recycling, and e-waste management. The company was formerly known as Flextronics International Ltd. and changed its name to Flex Ltd. in September 2016. Flex Ltd. was founded in 1990 and is based in Singapore.
Kimball Electronics Inc.
Kimball Electronics, Inc. provides contract electronics manufacturing services and diversified manufacturing services to customers in the automotive, medical, industrial, and public safety end markets. The company's manufacturing services include design services and support, supply chain services and support, and rapid prototyping and product introduction support services, as well as product design, and process validation and qualification services. Its manufacturing services also comprise industrialization and automation of manufacturing processes; reliability testing, including testing of products under a series of environmental conditions; production and testing of printed circuit board assemblies; assembly, production, and packaging of medical devices and disposables, and other non-electronic products; drug delivery devices and solutions with and without electronics; design engineering and manufacturing of automation equipment, test and inspection equipment, and precision molded plastics; software design services; and product life cycle management services. The company operates in the United States, China, Mexico, Poland, Romania, Thailand, and Vietnam. Kimball Electronics, Inc. was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Jasper, Indiana.
Latest FLEX
- Bloomberg 500 (B500) Index Adds Ten Securities Following September Reconstitution
- Chief Commercial Officer Hartung Michael P sold $332,352 worth of Ordinary Shares (2,755 units at $120.64), decreasing direct ownership by 1% to 243,175 units (SEC Form 4) to satisfy withholding obligation
- Chief Executive Officer Advaithi Revathi disposed of 35,051 units of Ordinary Shares, decreasing direct ownership by 23% to 117,857 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Watkins William D was granted 3,158 units of Ordinary Shares, increasing direct ownership by 3% to 102,066 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Ward Pat was granted 2,338 units of Ordinary Shares, increasing direct ownership by 50% to 7,051 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Tan Lay Koon was granted 1,928 units of Ordinary Shares, increasing direct ownership by 0.92% to 210,834 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Sylvester Maryrose was granted 2,338 units of Ordinary Shares, increasing direct ownership by 9% to 28,552 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Stevens Charles K. Iii was granted 3,158 units of Ordinary Shares, increasing direct ownership by 7% to 48,584 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Mcsweeney Erin was granted 1,928 units of Ordinary Shares, increasing direct ownership by 20% to 11,440 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Hurlston Michael E. was granted 2,338 units of Ordinary Shares, increasing direct ownership by 4% to 61,696 units (SEC Form 4)
Latest KE
- Chief Operating Officer Korn Steven T converted options into 25,153 shares, was granted 20,065 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 19,660 shares, increasing direct ownership by 23% to 136,683 units (SEC Form 4) to cover taxes
- CL & AO, Secretary Hass Douglas was granted 3,422 shares, covered exercise/tax liability with 6,751 shares and converted options into 12,132 shares, increasing direct ownership by 43% to 29,050 units (SEC Form 4) (for tax liability)
- Chief Human Resources Officer Delorenzo Jessica L converted options into 6,783 shares, was granted 3,438 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 4,498 shares, increasing direct ownership by 19% to 35,318 units (SEC Form 4) (withholding obligation)
- CFO Croom Jana T converted options into 16,727 shares, was granted 8,303 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 9,838 shares, increasing direct ownership by 47% to 47,516 units (SEC Form 4) to cover withholding tax
- Chief Accounting Officer Baumann Adam M converted options into 2,438 shares, was granted 1,202 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 1,533 shares, increasing direct ownership by 28% to 9,635 units (SEC Form 4) (for tax liability)
- CEO and Director Phillips Richard D converted options into 40,953 shares, was granted 36,277 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 30,391 shares (SEC Form 4) to satisfy withholding obligation
- Chief Commercial Officer Thomson Kathy R converted options into 10,486 shares, was granted 3,874 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 6,743 shares, increasing direct ownership by 22% to 42,074 units (SEC Form 4) (tax liability)
- VP IR & Strategy, Treasurer Regrut Andrew Donald converted options into 1,878 shares, was granted 3,623 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 2,153 shares, increasing direct ownership by 62% to 8,727 units (SEC Form 4) (withholding obligation)
- SEC Form 10-K filed by Kimball Electronics Inc.
- SEC Form SCHEDULE 13G filed by Kimball Electronics Inc.