DNOW (DNOW) Competitors

DNOW (NYSE:DNOW) and SPX Technologies (NYSE:SPXC) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, community ranking, risk and media sentiment.

Is DNOW or SPXC more profitable?

SPX Technologies has a net margin of 9.11% compared to DNOW's net margin of 3.41%. SPX Technologies' return on equity of 19.70% beat DNOW's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DNOW	3.41%	9.04%	6.28%
SPX Technologies	9.11%	19.70%	9.23%

Which has better earnings & valuation, DNOW or SPXC?

SPX Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than DNOW. DNOW is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SPX 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
DNOW	$2.37B	0.68	$81M	$0.73	21.05
SPX Technologies	$1.98B	3.09	$89.90M	$4.25	30.88

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DNOW or SPXC?

SPX Technologies received 139 more outperform votes than DNOW when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.18% of users gave SPX Technologies an outperform vote while only 52.64% of users gave DNOW an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DNOW	Outperform Votes 309 52.64%	Underperform Votes 278 47.36%
SPX Technologies	Outperform Votes 448 59.18%	Underperform Votes 309 40.82%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in DNOW or SPXC?

97.6% of DNOW shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.8% of SPX Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of DNOW shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of SPX Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer DNOW or SPXC?

DNOW currently has a consensus price target of $19.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.66%. SPX Technologies has a consensus price target of $174.75, indicating a potential upside of 33.16%. Given SPX Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SPX Technologies is more favorable than DNOW.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DNOW	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
SPX Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Which has more volatility & risk, DNOW or SPXC?

DNOW has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SPX Technologies has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer DNOW or SPXC?

In the previous week, SPX Technologies had 3 more articles in the media than DNOW. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for SPX Technologies and 11 mentions for DNOW. DNOW's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat SPX Technologies' score of 1.18 indicating that DNOW is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DNOW	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SPX Technologies	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

SPX Technologies beats DNOW on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.