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SPX FLOW (FLOW) Competitors

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FLOW vs. GTLS, KAI, JBT, MWA, ESE, NPO, B, AIN, SXI, and KMT

Should you be buying SPX FLOW stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SPX FLOW include Chart Industries (GTLS), Kadant (KAI), John Bean Technologies (JBT), Mueller Water Products (MWA), ESCO Technologies (ESE), Enpro (NPO), Barnes Group (B), Albany International (AIN), Standex International (SXI), and Kennametal (KMT). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.

SPX FLOW vs.

SPX FLOW (NYSE:FLOW) and Chart Industries (NYSE:GTLS) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Chart Industries has a consensus target price of $178.00, suggesting a potential upside of 37.08%. Given Chart Industries' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Chart Industries is more favorable than SPX FLOW.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
SPX FLOW
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
Chart Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.92

SPX FLOW has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chart Industries has a beta of 1.7, indicating that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Chart Industries had 18 more articles in the media than SPX FLOW. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Chart Industries and 4 mentions for SPX FLOW. SPX FLOW's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Chart Industries' score of 0.30 indicating that SPX FLOW is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
SPX FLOW
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Chart Industries
7 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Chart Industries received 230 more outperform votes than SPX FLOW when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.84% of users gave Chart Industries an outperform vote while only 45.57% of users gave SPX FLOW an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
SPX FLOWOutperform Votes
262
45.57%
Underperform Votes
313
54.43%
Chart IndustriesOutperform Votes
492
62.84%
Underperform Votes
291
37.16%

96.4% of SPX FLOW shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of SPX FLOW shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Chart Industries 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.

SPX FLOW has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Chart Industries. SPX FLOW is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chart Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
SPX FLOW$1.53B0.88$66.70M$1.5920.04
Chart Industries$3.35B1.66$47.30M$2.0563.34

SPX FLOW has a net margin of 4.36% compared to Chart Industries' net margin of 2.80%. Chart Industries' return on equity of 12.27% beat SPX FLOW's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
SPX FLOW4.36% 11.34% 5.60%
Chart Industries 2.80%12.27%3.85%

Summary

Chart Industries beats SPX FLOW on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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FLOW vs. The Competition

MetricSPX FLOWMetalworking Machinery & Equipment IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.34B$6.73B$3.90B$19.25B
Dividend Yield1.70%1.62%4.17%3.53%
P/E Ratio20.0421.28526.9841.38
Price / Sales0.882.15422.3814.64
Price / Cash22.0316.1526.2820.86
Price / Book1.293.423.595.39
Net Income$66.70M$176.41M$184.67M$985.39M

SPX FLOW Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FLOW
SPX FLOW
2.434 of 5 stars
$31.86
+1.0%
N/A+24.5%$1.34B$1.53B20.044,900Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
News Coverage
GTLS
Chart Industries
4.1815 of 5 stars
$123.68
+0.9%
$178.00
+43.9%
+13.1%$5.29B$3.35B60.3311,637News Coverage
Gap Up
KAI
Kadant
1.8132 of 5 stars
$316.45
-0.5%
$330.00
+4.3%
+45.9%$3.72B$1.01B32.563,100Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
JBT
John Bean Technologies
1.5841 of 5 stars
$114.41
-3.1%
$121.00
+5.8%
+10.8%$3.64B$1.66B21.235,100
MWA
Mueller Water Products
4.0099 of 5 stars
$21.69
-0.8%
$21.60
-0.4%
+78.1%$3.38B$1.28B27.813,200Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
ESE
ESCO Technologies
3.6704 of 5 stars
$130.00
+0.9%
$147.50
+13.5%
+32.1%$3.28B$956.03M33.683,195Short Interest ↑
NPO
Enpro
3.1971 of 5 stars
$148.86
-0.3%
N/A+26.5%$3.12B$1.06B73.693,500Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
B
Barnes Group
2.5483 of 5 stars
$46.90
+0.4%
$47.67
+1.6%
+124.3%$2.38B$1.59B-40.436,500Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
AIN
Albany International
4.1141 of 5 stars
$71.11
-0.5%
$89.50
+25.9%
-15.4%$2.22B$1.25B20.325,600Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Gap Up
SXI
Standex International
4.217 of 5 stars
$176.94
-0.3%
$200.33
+13.2%
+25.6%$2.08B$720.64M28.773,700Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
KMT
Kennametal
1.5245 of 5 stars
$25.01
-0.8%
$24.33
-2.7%
+11.9%$1.95B$2.05B18.268,447Upcoming Earnings

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