ESAB vs. SYM, NDSN, RRX, ATS, HSAI, OUST, TAYD, RR, PDYN, and EKSO
Should you be buying ESAB stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ESAB include Symbotic (SYM), Nordson (NDSN), Regal Rexnord (RRX), ATS (ATS), Hesai Group (HSAI), Ouster (OUST), Taylor Devices (TAYD), Richtech Robotics (RR), Palladyne AI (PDYN), and Ekso Bionics (EKSO). These companies are all part of the "general industrial machinery," industry.
ESAB (NYSE:ESAB) and Symbotic (NASDAQ:SYM) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.
91.1% of ESAB shares are held by institutional investors. 7.0% of ESAB shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 38.3% of Symbotic shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
ESAB has a net margin of 8.39% compared to Symbotic's net margin of -1.27%. ESAB's return on equity of 17.59% beat Symbotic's return on equity.
ESAB has higher revenue and earnings than Symbotic. Symbotic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ESAB, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ESAB has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Symbotic has a beta of 1.97, indicating that its share price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Symbotic had 16 more articles in the media than ESAB. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Symbotic and 5 mentions for ESAB. ESAB's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Symbotic's score of 0.51 indicating that ESAB is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ESAB presently has a consensus price target of $96.29, indicating a potential downside of 4.89%. Symbotic has a consensus price target of $55.69, indicating a potential upside of 34.95%. Given Symbotic's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Symbotic is more favorable than ESAB.
Symbotic received 25 more outperform votes than ESAB when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 46.84% of users gave Symbotic an outperform vote while only 37.50% of users gave ESAB an outperform vote.
Summary
ESAB and Symbotic tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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