BW vs. CPAC, CIX, SMID, CSTE, ACU, RECT, VATE, MTEN, TPCS, and BNRG
Should you be buying Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises include Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. (CPAC), CompX International (CIX), Smith-Midland (SMID), Caesarstone (CSTE), Acme United (ACU), Rectitude (RECT), INNOVATE (VATE), Mingteng International (MTEN), TechPrecision (TPCS), and Brenmiller Energy (BNRG). These companies are all part of the "construction materials" industry.
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises vs.
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (NYSE:BW) and Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. (NYSE:CPAC) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, risk and dividends.
In the previous week, Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A.'s average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises' score of 0.50 indicating that Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises has a beta of 1.73, meaning that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises currently has a consensus price target of $4.50, indicating a potential upside of 180.37%. Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. has a consensus price target of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.06%. Given Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises is more favorable than Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A..
Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises. Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises received 211 more outperform votes than Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.40% of users gave Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. an outperform vote while only 53.55% of users gave Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises an outperform vote.
83.2% of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. has a net margin of 9.41% compared to Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises' net margin of -6.77%. Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A.'s return on equity of 17.48% beat Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises' return on equity.
Summary
Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. beats Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BW) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
