nVent Electric (NVT) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend NVT or SYM?

nVent Electric currently has a consensus price target of $69.00, suggesting a potential upside of 36.45%. Symbotic has a consensus price target of $37.20, suggesting a potential upside of 79.19%. Given Symbotic's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Symbotic is more favorable than nVent Electric.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
nVent Electric	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.14
Symbotic	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.47

Does the media prefer NVT or SYM?

In the previous week, nVent Electric had 6 more articles in the media than Symbotic. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for nVent Electric and 13 mentions for Symbotic. nVent Electric's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Symbotic's score of 0.71 indicating that nVent Electric is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
nVent Electric	12 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	3 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 favor NVT or SYM?

nVent Electric received 134 more outperform votes than Symbotic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.00% of users gave nVent Electric an outperform vote while only 50.79% of users gave Symbotic an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
nVent Electric	Outperform Votes 198 66.00%	Underperform Votes 102 34.00%
Symbotic	Outperform Votes 64 50.79%	Underperform Votes 62 49.21%

Is NVT or SYM more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
nVent Electric	10.09%	14.52%	7.27%
Symbotic	-0.38%	5.11%	1.23%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, NVT or SYM?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
nVent Electric	$3.01B	2.77	$331.80M	$1.96	25.80
Symbotic	$1.91B	6.38	-$13.49M	-$0.07	-296.57

Which has more volatility and risk, NVT or SYM?

nVent Electric has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Symbotic has a beta of 1.86, indicating that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in NVT or SYM?

90.1% of nVent Electric shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of nVent Electric shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Symbotic shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

nVent Electric beats Symbotic on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.