NVT vs. SYM, BWXT, ESAB, JBTM, SPXC, ZWS, CHX, MOG.B, WFRD, and WHD
Should you be buying nVent Electric stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of nVent Electric include Symbotic (SYM), BWX Technologies (BWXT), ESAB (ESAB), JBT Marel (JBTM), 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.
nVent Electric vs.
nVent Electric (NYSE:NVT) and Symbotic (NASDAQ:SYM) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends and risk.
nVent Electric has higher revenue and earnings than Symbotic. Symbotic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than nVent Electric, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
nVent Electric has a net margin of 10.09% compared to Symbotic's net margin of -0.38%. nVent Electric's return on equity of 14.52% beat Symbotic's return on equity.
nVent Electric has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Symbotic has a beta of 1.85, meaning that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.
nVent Electric received 128 more outperform votes than Symbotic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.19% of users gave nVent Electric an outperform vote while only 51.22% of users gave Symbotic an outperform vote.
In the previous week, nVent Electric had 17 more articles in the media than Symbotic. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for nVent Electric and 5 mentions for Symbotic. nVent Electric's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Symbotic's score of 1.04 indicating that nVent Electric is being referred to more favorably in the media.
nVent Electric currently has a consensus price target of $83.33, suggesting a potential upside of 41.91%. Symbotic has a consensus price target of $38.20, suggesting a potential upside of 62.55%. Given Symbotic's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Symbotic is more favorable than nVent Electric.
90.1% of nVent Electric shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of nVent Electric 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
nVent Electric beats Symbotic on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:NVT) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
