ATS (ATS) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, SPXC or ATS?

SPX Technologies has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ATS has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, SPXC or ATS?

ATS has higher revenue and earnings than SPX Technologies. 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SPX Technologies	$1.74B	4.44	$89.90M	$3.72	44.80
ATS	$2.85B	1.02	$143.62M	$0.96	30.83

Do institutionals & insiders believe in SPXC or ATS?

92.8% of SPX Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.8% of ATS shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of SPX Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor SPXC or ATS?

In the previous week, ATS had 8 more articles in the media than SPX Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for ATS and 4 mentions for SPX Technologies. ATS's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat SPX Technologies' score of 0.51 indicating that ATS is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SPX Technologies	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ATS	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend SPXC or ATS?

SPX Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $141.00, suggesting a potential downside of 15.40%. ATS has a consensus price target of $30.50, suggesting a potential upside of 3.04%. Given ATS's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ATS is more favorable than SPX Technologies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SPX Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
ATS	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67

Is SPXC or ATS more profitable?

SPX Technologies has a net margin of 9.11% compared to ATS's net margin of 4.56%. SPX Technologies' return on equity of 19.70% beat ATS's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SPX Technologies	9.11%	19.70%	9.23%
ATS	4.56%	12.10%	4.77%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SPXC or ATS?

SPX Technologies received 443 more outperform votes than ATS when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.18% of users gave SPX Technologies an outperform vote while only 18.18% of users gave ATS an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SPX Technologies	Outperform Votes 445 59.18%	Underperform Votes 307 40.82%
ATS	Outperform Votes 2 18.18%	Underperform Votes 9 81.82%

Summary

SPX Technologies beats ATS on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.