JBTM vs. SYM, NVT, BWXT, ESAB, SPXC, ZWS, CHX, MOG.B, WFRD, and WHD
Should you be buying JBT Marel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of JBT Marel include Symbotic (SYM), nVent Electric (NVT), BWX Technologies (BWXT), ESAB (ESAB), SPX Technologies (SPXC), Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS), ChampionX (CHX), Moog (MOG.B), Weatherford International (WFRD), and Cactus (WHD). These companies are all part of the "machinery" industry.
JBT Marel vs.
Symbotic (NASDAQ:SYM) and JBT Marel (NYSE:JBTM) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, profitability, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.
In the previous week, JBT Marel had 4 more articles in the media than Symbotic. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for JBT Marel and 8 mentions for Symbotic. Symbotic's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat JBT Marel's score of -0.21 indicating that Symbotic is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Symbotic currently has a consensus price target of $38.33, indicating a potential upside of 56.65%. JBT Marel has a consensus price target of $143.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.24%. Given Symbotic's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Symbotic is more favorable than JBT Marel.
98.9% of JBT Marel shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Symbotic shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of JBT Marel shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Symbotic received 62 more outperform votes than JBT Marel when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave JBT Marel an outperform vote while only 51.64% of users gave Symbotic an outperform vote.
JBT Marel has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Symbotic. Symbotic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JBT Marel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Symbotic has a beta of 1.79, meaning that its share price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JBT Marel has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
JBT Marel has a net margin of 10.25% compared to Symbotic's net margin of -0.38%. JBT Marel's return on equity of 10.16% beat Symbotic's return on equity.
Summary
JBT Marel beats Symbotic on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:JBTM) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
