Benchmark Electronics vs Plexus
Plexus reported revenue of $4.0 billion in fiscal 2025, 1.5 times Benchmark Electronics' $2.7 billion in fiscal 2025. Benchmark Electronics' revenue grew 0.1% in its latest year, and Plexus' grew 1.8%. Benchmark Electronics had an operating margin of 2.9%, against 5.0% at Plexus. Free cash flow was $88 million at Benchmark Electronics and $154 million at Plexus. Their fiscal years end in different months (December 31 and September 27), so the periods don't line up exactly.
Side by side
| Benchmark Electronics | Plexus | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest fiscal year | FY2025, Dec 31, 2025 | FY2025, Sep 27, 2025 |
| Revenue | $2.7B | $4.0B |
| Revenue growth | 0.1% | 1.8% |
| Revenue growth a year, last 5 years | 5.3% | 2.9% |
| Gross margin | 10.2% | 10.1% |
| Operating margin | 2.9% | 5.0% |
| Net margin | 0.9% | 4.3% |
| Free cash flow | $88M | $154M |
| Free cash flow margin | 3.3% | 3.8% |
| Return on capital | 3.7% | — |
| Net debt to EBITDA | −0.9x | — |
| Dividends and buybacks | $51M | $65M |
| Change in diluted share count | −1.2% | −1.1% |
| Last close | $60.40 | $192.17 |
| P/E at the last close | 39.2× | 28.3× |
| Insider trades, last 12 months | sold $12.9 million | sold $22.9 million |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 of 9 | — |
Amounts in each company's own currency, US$ unless marked (a foreign company may report in another), each company's latest fiscal year from its 10-K, or 20-F or 40-F for a foreign company. Growth rates compare with the year before; the five-year rate is the average a year. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending; return on capital is after-tax operating income over the money invested in the business; P/E is the last close over the latest earnings per share. Banks are measured differently (return on equity, efficiency ratio), so some rows apply to one company only.
Ten years
Revenue
US$ billions, fiscal years
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Operating margin
Percent of revenue
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Free cash flow
US$ billions. Cash from operations minus capital expenditure.
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Source: the companies' Form 10-K filings, from SEC EDGAR, and the last close. For information only, not investment advice: the figures describe results, not which company is the better investment. The Filing Desk is not affiliated with either company. Full figures on the Benchmark Electronics and Plexus pages.