IPG Photonics vs Sanmina
Sanmina reported revenue of $8.1 billion in fiscal 2025, 8.1 times IPG Photonics' $1.0 billion in fiscal 2025. IPG Photonics' revenue grew 2.7% in its latest year, and Sanmina's grew 7.4%. IPG Photonics had an operating margin of 1.3%, against 4.4% at Sanmina. Free cash flow was −$3 million at IPG Photonics and $473 million at Sanmina. Their fiscal years end in different months (December 31 and September 27), so the periods don't line up exactly.
Side by side
| IPG Photonics | Sanmina | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest fiscal year | FY2025, Dec 31, 2025 | FY2025, Sep 27, 2025 |
| Revenue | $1.0B | $8.1B |
| Revenue growth | 2.7% | 7.4% |
| Revenue growth a year, last 5 years | −3.5% | 3.2% |
| Gross margin | 38.0% | 8.8% |
| Operating margin | 1.3% | 4.4% |
| Net margin | 3.1% | 3.0% |
| Free cash flow | −$3M | $473M |
| Free cash flow margin | −0.3% | 5.8% |
| Return on capital | 0.8% | 14.2% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | −10.5x | −1.4x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $53M | $0M |
| Change in diluted share count | −3.8% | −3.1% |
| Last close | $72.81 | $161.34 |
| P/E at the last close | 112.0× | 28.9× |
| Insider trades, last 12 months | bought $199,400, sold $71.1 million | bought $99,722, sold $43.0 million |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 of 9 | 8 of 9 |
Amounts in each company's own currency, US$ 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.
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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 IPG Photonics and Sanmina pages.