Flowco (FLOC) Competitors $19.74 +0.79 (+4.14%) As of 04/24/2025 Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsTrendsBuy This Stock FLOC vs. ESAB, SPXC, MOG.B, ZWS, JBTM, CHX, WFRD, WHD, HAYW, and ATSShould you be buying Flowco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Flowco include ESAB (ESAB), SPX Technologies (SPXC), Moog (MOG.B), Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS), JBT Marel (JBTM), ChampionX (CHX), Weatherford International (WFRD), Cactus (WHD), Hayward (HAYW), and ATS (ATS). These companies are all part of the "machinery" industry. Flowco vs. ESAB SPX Technologies Moog Zurn Elkay Water Solutions JBT Marel ChampionX Weatherford International Cactus Hayward ATS Flowco (NYSE:FLOC) and ESAB (NYSE:ESAB) are both manufacturing companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability. Does the media refer more to FLOC or ESAB? In the previous week, ESAB had 7 more articles in the media than Flowco. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for ESAB and 0 mentions for Flowco. ESAB's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Flowco's score of 0.55 indicating that ESAB is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment Flowco Positive ESAB Positive Is FLOC or ESAB more profitable? ESAB has a net margin of 9.66% compared to Flowco's net margin of 0.00%. ESAB's return on equity of 17.43% beat Flowco's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets FlowcoN/A N/A N/A ESAB 9.66%17.43%7.80% Which has preferable valuation and earnings, FLOC or ESAB? ESAB has higher revenue and earnings than Flowco. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioFlowco$535.28M3.34N/AN/AN/AESAB$2.74B2.65$205.29M$4.3227.78 Do institutionals and insiders believe in FLOC or ESAB? 91.1% of ESAB shares are held by institutional investors. 7.3% of ESAB shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Do analysts prefer FLOC or ESAB? Flowco presently has a consensus target price of $33.80, suggesting a potential upside of 71.18%. ESAB has a consensus target price of $133.75, suggesting a potential upside of 11.43%. Given Flowco's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Flowco is more favorable than ESAB.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Flowco 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 5 Buy rating(s) 2 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.29ESAB 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 5 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.71 Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FLOC or ESAB? ESAB received 17 more outperform votes than Flowco when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Flowco an outperform vote while only 46.15% of users gave ESAB an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformFlowcoOutperform Votes7100.00% Underperform VotesNo VotesESABOutperform Votes2446.15% Underperform Votes2853.85% SummaryESAB beats Flowco on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Flowco News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for FLOC and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart FLOC vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricFlowcoOil & gas field machinery IndustryManufacturing SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$1.79B$3.59B$2.01B$18.86BDividend YieldN/A2.23%2.75%4.15%P/E RatioN/A8.9822.1432.40Price / Sales3.341.3557.0628.58Price / CashN/A10.5851.7217.53Price / BookN/A1.531.994.44Net IncomeN/A$161.92M-$333.48M$1.02B7 Day Performance-1.72%-1.56%2.19%3.35%1 Month Performance-23.23%-14.73%-3.72%-5.48%1 Year PerformanceN/A12.46%5.65%4.28% Flowco Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)FLOCFlowco2.5022 of 5 stars$19.75+4.1%$33.80+71.2%N/A$1.79B$535.28M0.001,270ESABESAB2.6288 of 5 stars$113.470.0%$133.75+17.9%+11.8%$6.88B$2.74B26.279,280Upcoming EarningsPositive NewsSPXCSPX Technologies2.6156 of 5 stars$128.21+0.2%$174.75+36.3%+11.5%$6.00B$1.98B34.463,300Upcoming EarningsMOG.BMoogN/A$166.83+4.0%N/A+8.7%$5.27B$3.66B25.3914,000Gap UpZWSZurn Elkay Water Solutions1.6776 of 5 stars$30.04+1.5%$35.71+18.9%+5.0%$5.07B$1.57B32.652,700Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastPositive NewsJBTMJBT Marel3.3341 of 5 stars$94.26-1.1%$143.00+51.7%N/A$4.90B$1.72B17.495,100CHXChampionX3.5565 of 5 stars$25.41+2.9%$36.50+43.6%-27.1%$4.85B$3.63B15.407,300Positive NewsWFRDWeatherford International4.474 of 5 stars$46.68+5.4%$103.75+122.3%-66.9%$3.40B$5.51B6.9517,700Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastNews CoveragePositive NewsWHDCactus4.0578 of 5 stars$37.73+4.2%$53.80+42.6%-25.9%$3.00B$1.13B13.381,200Upcoming EarningsPositive NewsHAYWHayward4.0857 of 5 stars$12.01+1.0%$17.13+42.6%-5.9%$2.60B$1.05B28.592,000Upcoming EarningsATSATS1.1811 of 5 stars$24.42+1.3%$30.50+24.9%-25.0%$2.39B$2.75B36.997,000 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies ESAB Competitors SPXC Competitors MOG.B Competitors ZWS Competitors JBTM Competitors CHX Competitors WFRD Competitors WHD Competitors HAYW Competitors ATS Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:FLOC) was last updated on 4/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon Set to Shock the World by May 1st ?Tech legend Jeff Brown recently traveled to the industrial zone of South Memphis to investigate what he believ...Brownstone Research | Sponsored[Action Required] Claim Your FREE IRS Loophole GuideThis shouldn't surprise anyone who's been paying attention, but... 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