ESAB (ESAB) Competitors

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

Is ESAB or SYM more profitable?

ESAB has a net margin of 9.66% compared to Symbotic's net margin of -0.38%. ESAB's return on equity of 17.43% beat Symbotic's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ESAB	9.66%	17.43%	7.80%
Symbotic	-0.38%	5.11%	1.23%

Does the media prefer ESAB or SYM?

In the previous week, ESAB and ESAB both had 14 articles in the media. ESAB's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Symbotic's score of 0.71 indicating that ESAB is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ESAB	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Symbotic	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ESAB or SYM?

Symbotic received 40 more outperform votes than ESAB when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.79% of users gave Symbotic an outperform vote while only 46.15% of users gave ESAB an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ESAB	Outperform Votes 24 46.15%	Underperform Votes 28 53.85%
Symbotic	Outperform Votes 64 50.79%	Underperform Votes 62 49.21%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, ESAB or SYM?

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
ESAB	$2.74B	2.59	$205.29M	$4.32	27.09
Symbotic	$1.91B	6.34	-$13.49M	-$0.07	-294.66

Do analysts recommend ESAB or SYM?

ESAB currently has a consensus target price of $133.75, suggesting a potential upside of 14.30%. Symbotic has a consensus target price of $37.20, suggesting a potential upside of 80.35%. 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
ESAB	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Symbotic	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.47

Which has more volatility and risk, ESAB or SYM?

ESAB has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Symbotic has a beta of 1.86, suggesting that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of ESAB or SYM?

91.1% of ESAB shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.0% of ESAB shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Symbotic shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

ESAB beats Symbotic on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.