ATS (ATS) Competitors

BWX Technologies (NYSE:BWXT) and ATS (NYSE:ATS) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.

Which has more risk & volatility, BWXT or ATS?

BWX Technologies has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ATS has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BWXT or ATS more profitable?

BWX Technologies has a net margin of 10.32% compared to ATS's net margin of 3.27%. BWX Technologies' return on equity of 31.95% beat ATS's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BWX Technologies	10.32%	31.95%	11.11%
ATS	3.27%	9.95%	3.89%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, BWXT or ATS?

BWX Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ATS. BWX Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ATS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BWX Technologies	$2.70B	3.53	$245.85M	$3.07	34.01
ATS	$2.75B	0.88	$143.62M	$0.66	37.61

Do institutionals & insiders believe in BWXT or ATS?

94.4% of BWX Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.8% of ATS shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of BWX Technologies shares are owned by company 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.

Do analysts rate BWXT or ATS?

BWX Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $124.38, suggesting a potential upside of 19.11%. ATS has a consensus target price of $30.50, suggesting a potential upside of 22.88%. Given ATS's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ATS is more favorable than BWX Technologies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BWX Technologies	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
ATS	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BWXT or ATS?

BWX Technologies received 378 more outperform votes than ATS when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.94% of users gave BWX Technologies an outperform vote while only 18.18% of users gave ATS an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BWX Technologies	Outperform Votes 380 59.94%	Underperform Votes 254 40.06%
ATS	Outperform Votes 2 18.18%	Underperform Votes 9 81.82%

Does the media refer more to BWXT or ATS?

In the previous week, BWX Technologies had 2 more articles in the media than ATS. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for BWX Technologies and 16 mentions for ATS. BWX Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat ATS's score of 0.92 indicating that BWX Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BWX Technologies	13 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ATS	7 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

BWX Technologies beats ATS on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.