BWX Technologies (BWXT) Competitors

BWX Technologies (NYSE:BWXT) and Symbotic (NASDAQ:SYM) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Which has more risk & volatility, BWXT or SYM?

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 1.79, indicating that its stock price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BWXT or SYM?

BWX Technologies received 313 more outperform votes than Symbotic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.68% of users gave BWX Technologies an outperform vote while only 51.64% of users gave Symbotic an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BWX Technologies	Outperform Votes 376 59.68%	Underperform Votes 254 40.32%
Symbotic	Outperform Votes 63 51.64%	Underperform Votes 59 48.36%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, BWXT or SYM?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BWX Technologies	$2.50B	3.72	$245.85M	$3.02	33.59
Symbotic	$1.82B	7.90	-$13.49M	-$0.07	-349.52

Do analysts prefer BWXT or SYM?

BWX Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $127.50, indicating a potential upside of 25.69%. Symbotic has a consensus target price of $38.33, indicating a potential upside of 56.65%. Given Symbotic's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Symbotic is more favorable than BWX Technologies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BWX Technologies	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Symbotic	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.47

Does the media favor BWXT or SYM?

In the previous week, BWX Technologies and BWX Technologies both had 10 articles in the media. Symbotic's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat BWX Technologies' score of 0.72 indicating that Symbotic is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BWX Technologies	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Symbotic	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is BWXT or SYM more profitable?

BWX Technologies has a net margin of 10.32% compared to Symbotic's net margin of -0.38%. BWX Technologies' return on equity of 31.95% beat Symbotic's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BWX Technologies	10.32%	31.95%	11.11%
Symbotic	-0.38%	5.11%	1.23%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of BWXT or SYM?

94.4% of BWX Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of BWX Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Symbotic shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

BWX Technologies beats Symbotic on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.