BW vs. KEQU, POET, KVHI, SANG, XNET, KOPN, CBAT, ELVA, YTRA, and PXLW
Should you be buying Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises include Kewaunee Scientific (KEQU), POET Technologies (POET), KVH Industries (KVHI), Sangoma Technologies (SANG), Xunlei (XNET), Kopin (KOPN), CBAK Energy Technology (CBAT), Electrovaya (ELVA), Yatra Online (YTRA), and Pixelworks (PXLW). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Kewaunee Scientific (NASDAQ:KEQU) and Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (NYSE:BW) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
32.7% of Kewaunee Scientific shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.2% of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. 14.5% of Kewaunee Scientific shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises had 2 more articles in the media than Kewaunee Scientific. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises and 3 mentions for Kewaunee Scientific. Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Kewaunee Scientific's score of -0.25 indicating that Kewaunee Scientific is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Kewaunee Scientific has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises. Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kewaunee Scientific, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises received 235 more outperform votes than Kewaunee Scientific when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.18% of users gave Kewaunee Scientific an outperform vote while only 54.01% of users gave Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises an outperform vote.
Kewaunee Scientific has a net margin of 4.34% compared to Kewaunee Scientific's net margin of -20.57%. Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises' return on equity of 20.82% beat Kewaunee Scientific's return on equity.
Kewaunee Scientific has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises has a consensus price target of $4.50, suggesting a potential upside of 275.00%. Given Kewaunee Scientific's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises is more favorable than Kewaunee Scientific.
Summary
Kewaunee Scientific beats Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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