Axion Power International (OTCMKTS:AXPWQ) & Fabrinet (NYSE:FN) Critical Analysis

Axion Power International (OTCMKTS:AXPWQ) and Fabrinet (NYSE:FN) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Axion Power International and Fabrinet, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Axion Power International	0	0	0	0	0.00
Fabrinet	0	4	6	0	2.60

Fabrinet has a consensus target price of $469.88, suggesting a potential upside of 5.09%. Given Fabrinet’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Fabrinet is more favorable than Axion Power International.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

97.4% of Fabrinet shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Axion Power International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Fabrinet shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility and Risk

Axion Power International has a beta of -9.96, indicating that its stock price is 1,096% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fabrinet has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Axion Power International and Fabrinet’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Axion Power International	N/A	N/A	N/A
Fabrinet	9.77%	18.16%	12.86%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Axion Power International and Fabrinet”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Axion Power International	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Fabrinet	$3.59 billion	4.46	$332.53 million	$9.71	46.05

Fabrinet has higher revenue and earnings than Axion Power International.

Summary

Fabrinet beats Axion Power International on 10 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Axion Power International

Axion Power International, Inc. focuses on PbC battery technology business. It offers hybrid asymmetric energy storage devices. The company was founded in 2003 and is based in Boardman, Ohio.

About Fabrinet

Fabrinet provides optical packaging and precision optical, electro-mechanical, and electronic manufacturing services in North America, the Asia-Pacific, and Europe. The company offers a range of advanced optical and electro-mechanical capabilities in the manufacturing process, including process design and engineering, supply chain management, manufacturing, printed circuit board assembly, advanced packaging, integration, final assembly, and testing. Its products include switching products, including reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexers, optical amplifiers, modulators, and other optical components and modules that enable network managers to route voice, video, and data communications traffic through fiber optic cables at various wavelengths, speeds, and over various distances. The company's products also comprise tunable lasers, transceivers, and transponders; and active optical cables, which provide high-speed interconnect capabilities for data centers and computing clusters, as well as Infiniband, Ethernet, fiber channel, and optical backplane connectivity. In addition, it provides solid state, diode-pumped, gas, and fiber lasers used in semiconductor processing, biotechnology and medical device, metrology, and material processing industries; and differential pressure, micro-gyro, fuel, and other sensors used in automobiles, as well as non-contact temperature measurement sensors for the medical industry. Further, the company designs and fabricates application-specific crystals, lenses, prisms, mirrors, laser components, and substrates; and other custom and standard borosilicate, clear fused quartz, and synthetic fused silica glass products. It serves original equipment manufacturers of optical communication components, modules and sub-systems, industrial lasers, automotive components, medical devices, and sensors. The company was incorporated in 1999 and is based in Grand Cayman, the Cayman Islands.