ESAB (ESAB) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate SYM or ESAB?

Symbotic currently has a consensus price target of $38.73, suggesting a potential upside of 30.15%. ESAB has a consensus price target of $133.43, suggesting a potential upside of 7.62%. Given Symbotic's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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)	6 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
ESAB	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43

Does the media prefer SYM or ESAB?

In the previous week, Symbotic had 68 more articles in the media than ESAB. MarketBeat recorded 73 mentions for Symbotic and 5 mentions for ESAB. ESAB's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Symbotic's score of 0.19 indicating that ESAB is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Symbotic	15 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	44 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
ESAB	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SYM or ESAB?

Symbotic received 39 more outperform votes than ESAB when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.72% of users gave Symbotic an outperform vote while only 46.67% of users gave ESAB an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Symbotic	Outperform Votes 60 51.72%	Underperform Votes 56 48.28%
ESAB	Outperform Votes 21 46.67%	Underperform Votes 24 53.33%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in SYM or ESAB?

91.1% of ESAB shares are held by institutional investors. 38.3% of Symbotic shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of ESAB shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, SYM or ESAB?

Symbotic has a beta of 1.76, suggesting that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ESAB has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SYM or ESAB more profitable?

ESAB has a net margin of 9.47% compared to Symbotic's net margin of -0.32%. ESAB's return on equity of 17.27% beat Symbotic's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Symbotic	-0.32%	6.49%	1.41%
ESAB	9.47%	17.27%	7.65%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, SYM or ESAB?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Symbotic	$1.82B	9.59	-$13.49M	-$0.06	-496.00
ESAB	$2.77B	2.70	$205.29M	$4.27	29.04

Summary

Symbotic and ESAB tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.