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$123.45
+0.41 (+0.33%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

ESAB vs. SYM, NVT, BWXT, SPXC, MOG.B, WFRD, CHX, WHD, HAYW, and ATS

Should you be buying ESAB stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ESAB include Symbotic (SYM), nVent Electric (NVT), BWX Technologies (BWXT), SPX Technologies (SPXC), Moog (MOG.B), Weatherford International (WFRD), ChampionX (CHX), Cactus (WHD), Hayward (HAYW), and ATS (ATS). These companies are all part of the "machinery" industry.

ESAB vs.

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

ESAB has higher revenue and earnings than Symbotic. Symbotic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ESAB, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Symbotic$1.18B14.15-$23.87M-$0.19-149.68
ESAB$2.77B2.69$205.29M$4.2728.91

ESAB has a net margin of 9.47% compared to Symbotic's net margin of -1.03%. ESAB's return on equity of 17.27% beat Symbotic's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Symbotic-1.03% 4.08% 0.71%
ESAB 9.47%17.27%7.65%

91.1% of ESAB shares are owned by institutional investors. 38.3% of Symbotic shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of ESAB shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Symbotic has a beta of 1.81, indicating that its share price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ESAB has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, ESAB had 20 more articles in the media than Symbotic. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for ESAB and 8 mentions for Symbotic. Symbotic's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat ESAB's score of 0.37 indicating that Symbotic is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Symbotic
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
ESAB
5 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
13 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Symbotic received 28 more outperform votes than ESAB when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 48.96% of users gave Symbotic an outperform vote while only 46.34% of users gave ESAB an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
SymboticOutperform Votes
47
48.96%
Underperform Votes
49
51.04%
ESABOutperform Votes
19
46.34%
Underperform Votes
22
53.66%

Symbotic presently has a consensus price target of $43.23, suggesting a potential upside of 52.01%. ESAB has a consensus price target of $119.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.60%. Given Symbotic's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Symbotic is more favorable than ESAB.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Symbotic
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.64
ESAB
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

Summary

ESAB beats Symbotic on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ESAB vs. The Competition

MetricESABGeneral industrial machinery, IndustryIndustrial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$7.46B$3.85B$9.76B$19.27B
Dividend Yield0.26%0.78%2.02%3.54%
P/E Ratio28.918.2020.9941.53
Price / Sales2.694.349.2414.66
Price / Cash21.8016.0819.4920.85
Price / Book3.972.953.985.39
Net Income$205.29M$10.45M$460.54M$985.39M
7 Day Performance12.19%-1.43%-0.14%-0.70%
1 Month Performance17.75%12.27%-1.60%-0.97%
1 Year Performance70.82%13.00%33.61%25.06%

ESAB Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ESAB
ESAB
3.1307 of 5 stars
$123.45
+0.3%
$119.00
-3.6%
+79.0%$7.46B$2.77B28.919,000Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Selling
News Coverage
SYM
Symbotic
2.4246 of 5 stars
$28.11
-6.2%
$43.23
+53.8%
-13.9%$16.46B$1.68B-147.951,300Insider Selling
Gap Up
NVT
nVent Electric
4.8107 of 5 stars
$74.30
-0.4%
$85.67
+15.3%
+38.6%$12.34B$3.47B21.7311,300News Coverage
Gap Down
BWXT
BWX Technologies
3.2699 of 5 stars
$122.51
-1.9%
$104.86
-14.4%
+64.4%$11.20B$2.60B41.967,800Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
SPXC
SPX Technologies
2.0406 of 5 stars
$148.49
-6.6%
$141.00
-5.0%
+79.3%$6.86B$1.88B66.894,100Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
MOG.B
Moog
N/A$191.02
flat
N/A+66.9%$6.11B$3.56B30.2714,000
WFRD
Weatherford International
4.8775 of 5 stars
$78.55
flat
$144.88
+84.4%
-18.7%$5.71B$5.53B11.0318,500Insider Selling
CHX
ChampionX
3.7565 of 5 stars
$28.31
+0.2%
$39.00
+37.8%
-7.7%$5.39B$3.67B17.377,100Short Interest ↑
WHD
Cactus
3.2053 of 5 stars
$59.32
+3.6%
$56.40
-4.9%
+31.6%$4.72B$1.13B20.601,600Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
HAYW
Hayward
3.6244 of 5 stars
$16.52
-0.5%
$16.80
+1.7%
+52.3%$3.55B$995.74M41.301,875Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
ATS
ATS
2.479 of 5 stars
$30.22
-1.9%
$42.00
+39.0%
-8.3%$2.96B$2.97B22.397,000Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision

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This page (NYSE:ESAB) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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