DNOW (DNOW) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SPXC or DNOW?

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 52.73% of users gave DNOW an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SPX Technologies	Outperform Votes 448 59.18%	Underperform Votes 309 40.82%
DNOW	Outperform Votes 309 52.73%	Underperform Votes 277 47.27%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SPXC or DNOW?

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

Is SPXC or DNOW 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
SPX Technologies	9.11%	19.70%	9.23%
DNOW	3.41%	9.04%	6.28%

Do analysts recommend SPXC or DNOW?

SPX Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $174.75, indicating a potential upside of 25.37%. DNOW has a consensus target price of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.20%. 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
SPX Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
DNOW	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media refer more to SPXC or DNOW?

In the previous week, SPX Technologies had 2 more articles in the media than DNOW. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for SPX Technologies and 4 mentions for DNOW. SPX Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat DNOW's score of 1.32 indicating that SPX Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SPX Technologies	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
DNOW	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, SPXC or DNOW?

SPX Technologies has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DNOW has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation & earnings, SPXC or DNOW?

SPX Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
SPX Technologies	$1.98B	3.26	$89.90M	$4.25	32.80
DNOW	$2.37B	0.74	$81M	$0.73	22.79

Summary

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