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$1.61 0.00 (0.00%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

BW vs. VSTE, BNRG, YALA, IMOS, THRY, PLPC, CGNT, SERV, ATEX, and SLP

Should you be buying Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises include Vast Renewables (VSTE), Brenmiller Energy (BNRG), Yalla Group (YALA), ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (IMOS), Thryv (THRY), Preformed Line Products (PLPC), Cognyte Software (CGNT), Serve Robotics (SERV), Anterix (ATEX), and Simulations Plus (SLP).

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises vs.

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (NYSE:BW) and Vast Renewables (NASDAQ:VSTE) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.

83.2% of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.9% of Vast Renewables shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 41.2% of Vast Renewables shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises presently has a consensus price target of $4.50, suggesting a potential upside of 179.50%. Given Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises is more favorable than Vast Renewables.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Vast Renewables
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Vast Renewables has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises' net margin of -6.77%.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises-6.77% N/A -5.09%
Vast Renewables N/A N/A N/A

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises received 370 more outperform votes than Vast Renewables when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Babcock & Wilcox EnterprisesOutperform Votes
370
53.55%
Underperform Votes
321
46.45%
Vast RenewablesN/AN/A

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than Vast Renewables.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises$878.22M0.17-$197.21M-$0.83-1.94
Vast Renewables$342K62.69-$293.45MN/AN/A

In the previous week, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises and Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises both had 2 articles in the media. Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Vast Renewables' score of 0.27 indicating that Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Vast Renewables
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vast Renewables has a beta of -0.6, meaning that its stock price is 160% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises beats Vast Renewables on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BW vs. The Competition

MetricBabcock & Wilcox EnterprisesHeating equipment, except electric IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$151.85M$44.44M$25.75B$19.18B
Dividend YieldN/A6.49%2.78%3.60%
P/E Ratio-1.941.81241.6541.28
Price / Sales0.1725.973,321.7317.60
Price / CashN/A3.2535.7321.28
Price / Book-0.720.528.085.32
Net Income-$197.21M-$122.72M$678.74M$989.88M
7 Day Performance-13.44%-2.76%0.42%-3.54%
1 Month Performance-15.04%-6.30%6.97%-3.68%
1 Year Performance9.15%-21.02%23.01%12.14%

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BW
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises
2.7879 of 5 stars
$1.61
flat
$4.50
+179.5%
+11.0%$151.85M$878.22M-1.942,250
VSTE
Vast Renewables
N/A$1.38
+11.1%
N/AN/A$23.08M$342,000.000.00N/ANews Coverage
Gap Down
BNRG
Brenmiller Energy
0.688 of 5 stars
$0.72
-3.7%
N/A-87.2%$1.60M$41,000.000.0070News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
YALA
Yalla Group
1.3825 of 5 stars
$4.42
flat
N/A-29.5%$700.75M$318.88M6.05778
IMOS
ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES
2.3915 of 5 stars
$18.40
-1.6%
N/A-28.0%$669.06M$21.72B12.865,396Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
THRY
Thryv
2.1007 of 5 stars
$15.67
+0.8%
$24.33
+55.3%
-29.1%$658.77M$916.96M-1.613,049
PLPC
Preformed Line Products
2.9942 of 5 stars
$133.97
+0.9%
N/A-5.8%$656.45M$669.68M19.943,520Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
CGNT
Cognyte Software
3.1563 of 5 stars
$9.12
+4.2%
$8.25
-9.5%
+38.1%$655.67M$339.82M-46.051,613Analyst Downgrade
Gap Down
SERV
Serve Robotics
1.1243 of 5 stars
$14.75
+12.8%
$16.00
+8.5%
N/A$653.40M$1.68M0.0067Insider Trade
News Coverage
Gap Down
ATEX
Anterix
4.1097 of 5 stars
$33.47
-0.1%
$68.00
+103.2%
-7.4%$623.21M$4.19M0.0070Positive News
SLP
Simulations Plus
4.2582 of 5 stars
$31.04
+0.4%
$51.40
+65.6%
-34.2%$622.88M$70.01M63.80192

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