BWXT vs. SYM, NVT, ESAB, SPXC, MOG.B, ZWS, CHX, WFRD, WHD, and HAYW
Should you be buying BWX Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BWX Technologies include Symbotic (SYM), nVent Electric (NVT), ESAB (ESAB), SPX Technologies (SPXC), Moog (MOG.B), Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS), ChampionX (CHX), Weatherford International (WFRD), Cactus (WHD), and Hayward (HAYW). These companies are all part of the "machinery" industry.
BWX Technologies vs.
BWX Technologies (NYSE:BWXT) and Symbotic (NASDAQ:SYM) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, media sentiment and community ranking.
BWX Technologies has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Symbotic has a beta of 1.76, indicating that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.
BWX Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $127.50, suggesting a potential upside of 3.87%. Symbotic has a consensus price target of $38.73, suggesting a potential upside of 30.15%. Given Symbotic's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Symbotic is more favorable than BWX Technologies.
94.4% of BWX Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of BWX Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 38.3% of Symbotic shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Symbotic had 62 more articles in the media than BWX Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 73 mentions for Symbotic and 11 mentions for BWX Technologies. BWX Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Symbotic's score of 0.19 indicating that BWX Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
BWX Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Symbotic. Symbotic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BWX Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BWX Technologies has a net margin of 10.32% compared to Symbotic's net margin of -0.32%. BWX Technologies' return on equity of 31.95% beat Symbotic's return on equity.
BWX Technologies received 316 more outperform votes than Symbotic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.68% of users gave BWX Technologies an outperform vote while only 51.72% of users gave Symbotic an outperform vote.
Summary
BWX Technologies beats Symbotic on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BWXT) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
