SYM vs. JCI, CARR, BKR, NVT, BWXT, ESAB, SPXC, ZWS, MOG.B, and CHX
Should you be buying Symbotic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Symbotic include Johnson Controls International (JCI), Carrier Global (CARR), Baker Hughes (BKR), nVent Electric (NVT), BWX Technologies (BWXT), ESAB (ESAB), SPX Technologies (SPXC), Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS), Moog (MOG.B), and ChampionX (CHX). These companies are all part of the "machinery" industry.
Symbotic vs.
Johnson Controls International (NYSE:JCI) and Symbotic (NASDAQ:SYM) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.
Johnson Controls International has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Symbotic has a beta of 1.79, meaning that its share price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Johnson Controls International had 21 more articles in the media than Symbotic. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Johnson Controls International and 8 mentions for Symbotic. Johnson Controls International's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Symbotic's score of 0.74 indicating that Johnson Controls International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Johnson Controls International has a net margin of 6.83% compared to Symbotic's net margin of -0.38%. Johnson Controls International's return on equity of 15.11% beat Symbotic's return on equity.
Johnson Controls International currently has a consensus price target of $91.13, indicating a potential upside of 6.93%. Symbotic has a consensus price target of $38.33, indicating a potential upside of 56.65%. Given Symbotic's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Symbotic is more favorable than Johnson Controls International.
90.1% of Johnson Controls International shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Johnson Controls International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Symbotic shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Johnson Controls International received 1116 more outperform votes than Symbotic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.87% of users gave Johnson Controls International an outperform vote while only 51.64% of users gave Symbotic an outperform vote.
Johnson Controls International has higher revenue and earnings than Symbotic. Symbotic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Johnson Controls International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Johnson Controls International beats Symbotic on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SYM) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
