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ATS vs. SPXC, ESAB, JBTM, MOG.B, GTES, ZWS, CHX, WFRD, WHD, and HAYW

Should you be buying ATS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ATS include SPX Technologies (SPXC), ESAB (ESAB), JBT Marel (JBTM), Moog (MOG.B), Gates Industrial (GTES), Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor (ZWS), ChampionX (CHX), Weatherford International (WFRD), Cactus (WHD), and Hayward (HAYW). These companies are all part of the "machinery" industry.

ATS vs. Its Competitors

ATS (NYSE:ATS) and SPX Technologies (NYSE:SPXC) are both mid-cap machinery companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment and earnings.

ATS currently has a consensus target price of $30.50, suggesting a potential upside of 1.97%. SPX Technologies has a consensus target price of $195.20, suggesting a potential downside of 0.63%. Given ATS's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ATS is more favorable than SPX Technologies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
ATS
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.67
SPX Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.20

ATS has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SPX Technologies has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

75.8% of ATS shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.8% of SPX Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of SPX Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, SPX Technologies had 7 more articles in the media than ATS. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for SPX Technologies and 16 mentions for ATS. SPX Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat ATS's score of 0.08 indicating that SPX Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
ATS
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
SPX Technologies
12 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

SPX Technologies has a net margin of 10.27% compared to ATS's net margin of -1.00%. SPX Technologies' return on equity of 20.07% beat ATS's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ATS-1.00% 8.38% 3.19%
SPX Technologies 10.27%20.07%9.71%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ATS$1.82B1.60-$20.16M-$0.19-157.42
SPX Technologies$1.98B4.62$200.50M$4.2945.79

Summary

SPX Technologies beats ATS on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ATS vs. The Competition

MetricATSMACH IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.96B$12.81B$7.60B$20.63B
Dividend YieldN/A23.76%4.56%3.67%
P/E Ratio-157.4230.3625.2729.01
Price / Sales1.604.5998.6366.10
Price / Cash15.7116.7127.7622.82
Price / Book2.393.854.314.43
Net Income-$20.16M$520.95M$792.92M$993.74M
7 Day Performance-7.11%-1.74%-1.93%-3.39%
1 Month Performance-8.36%1.43%2.28%-2.10%
1 Year Performance7.28%30.47%29.53%10.09%

ATS Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ATS
ATS
1.2214 of 5 stars
$29.91
-1.4%
$30.50
+2.0%
+3.2%$2.96B$1.82B-157.427,500Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
SPXC
SPX Technologies
1.6468 of 5 stars
$174.72
-1.8%
$189.60
+8.5%
+37.2%$8.31B$1.98B40.734,300Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
ESAB
ESAB
2.1577 of 5 stars
$128.08
-1.5%
$138.89
+8.4%
+33.1%$7.88B$2.74B28.859,300News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Insider Trade
JBTM
JBT Marel
1.6642 of 5 stars
$128.70
-2.6%
$143.00
+11.1%
N/A$6.87B$2.18B-91.2812,200Upcoming Earnings
MOG.B
Moog
N/A$200.51
+0.8%
N/A+5.9%$6.46B$3.67B31.0414,000News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Gap Up
GTES
Gates Industrial
3.7624 of 5 stars
$24.25
-1.9%
$24.44
+0.8%
+37.1%$6.37B$3.41B29.5714,100Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
ZWS
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor
1.6066 of 5 stars
$37.02
-1.4%
$36.86
-0.4%
+43.3%$6.32B$1.57B37.392,500Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Short Interest ↑
CHX
ChampionX
3.1651 of 5 stars
$25.81
flat
$40.00
+55.0%
-22.0%$4.94B$3.63B17.097,100
WFRD
Weatherford International
4.2676 of 5 stars
$53.45
-0.2%
$96.63
+80.8%
-51.1%$3.89B$5.51B8.5519,000Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
WHD
Cactus
4.0522 of 5 stars
$43.46
-0.2%
$52.00
+19.7%
-36.0%$3.48B$1.13B15.471,600News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
HAYW
Hayward
3.5158 of 5 stars
$14.38
-2.0%
$17.13
+19.1%
+5.9%$3.17B$1.05B26.142,080Trending News
Earnings Report
Insider Trade

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This page (NYSE:ATS) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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