BWX Technologies (BWXT) Competitors

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

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 analysts rate BWXT or SYM?

BWX Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $127.50, suggesting a potential upside of 21.95%. Symbotic has a consensus price target of $38.20, suggesting a potential upside of 65.35%. Given Symbotic's higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in BWXT or SYM?

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

Which has more volatility & risk, BWXT or SYM?

BWX Technologies has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Symbotic has a beta of 1.85, indicating that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to BWXT or SYM?

In the previous week, BWX Technologies had 9 more articles in the media than Symbotic. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for BWX Technologies and 6 mentions for Symbotic. BWX Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Symbotic's score of 1.12 indicating that BWX Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BWX Technologies	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Symbotic	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in 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 51.22% 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 51.22%	Underperform Votes 60 48.78%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, 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	$2.70B	3.53	$245.85M	$3.07	34.06
Symbotic	$1.91B	7.10	-$13.49M	-$0.07	-330.04

Summary

BWX Technologies beats Symbotic on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.