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nVent Electric (NVT) Competitors

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$77.99 +0.50 (+0.65%)
(As of 01:09 PM ET)

NVT vs. BKR, SYM, BWXT, SPXC, ESAB, MOG.B, WFRD, CHX, WHD, and HAYW

Should you be buying nVent Electric stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of nVent Electric include Baker Hughes (BKR), Symbotic (SYM), BWX Technologies (BWXT), SPX Technologies (SPXC), ESAB (ESAB), Moog (MOG.B), Weatherford International (WFRD), ChampionX (CHX), Cactus (WHD), and Hayward (HAYW). These companies are all part of the "machinery" industry.

nVent Electric vs.

Baker Hughes (NASDAQ:BKR) and nVent Electric (NYSE:NVT) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.

Baker Hughes has higher revenue and earnings than nVent Electric. Baker Hughes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than nVent Electric, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Baker Hughes$25.51B1.70$1.94B$2.2319.68
nVent Electric$3.26B3.91$567.10M$3.4122.72

Baker Hughes has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, nVent Electric has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Baker Hughes pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. nVent Electric pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Baker Hughes pays out 37.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. nVent Electric pays out 22.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

In the previous week, Baker Hughes had 1 more articles in the media than nVent Electric. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Baker Hughes and 20 mentions for nVent Electric. Baker Hughes' average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat nVent Electric's score of 1.19 indicating that Baker Hughes is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Baker Hughes
17 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
nVent Electric
16 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

nVent Electric has a net margin of 16.95% compared to Baker Hughes' net margin of 8.20%. nVent Electric's return on equity of 15.66% beat Baker Hughes' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Baker Hughes8.20% 13.77% 5.86%
nVent Electric 16.95%15.66%7.96%

nVent Electric received 45 more outperform votes than Baker Hughes when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.96% of users gave nVent Electric an outperform vote while only 63.26% of users gave Baker Hughes an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Baker HughesOutperform Votes
136
63.26%
Underperform Votes
79
36.74%
nVent ElectricOutperform Votes
181
63.96%
Underperform Votes
102
36.04%

Baker Hughes currently has a consensus price target of $44.76, indicating a potential upside of 1.99%. nVent Electric has a consensus price target of $85.33, indicating a potential upside of 10.12%. Given nVent Electric's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe nVent Electric is more favorable than Baker Hughes.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Baker Hughes
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.89
nVent Electric
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

92.1% of Baker Hughes shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.1% of nVent Electric shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Baker Hughes shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of nVent Electric shares are owned by 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.

Summary

nVent Electric beats Baker Hughes on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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NVT vs. The Competition

MetricnVent ElectricSpecial industry machinery, except metalworking machinery IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$12.77B$8.89B$23.83B$20.56B
Dividend Yield0.97%0.61%2.66%3.44%
P/E Ratio22.7229.23219.5636.48
Price / Sales3.914.412,923.7319.18
Price / Cash19.5924.3234.0318.69
Price / Book4.074.267.895.73
Net Income$567.10M$444.89M$651.00M$984.45M
7 Day Performance-0.67%-0.39%1.38%0.65%
1 Month Performance13.49%8.92%9.14%6.67%
1 Year Performance43.08%30.10%20.85%24.58%

nVent Electric Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NVT
nVent Electric
3.3751 of 5 stars
$77.99
+0.6%
$85.33
+9.4%
+43.1%$12.85B$3.26B22.8711,300Positive News
BKR
Baker Hughes
4.1601 of 5 stars
$43.28
-1.5%
$44.76
+3.4%
+29.3%$42.83B$25.51B19.7158,000Positive News
SYM
Symbotic
3.8931 of 5 stars
$25.87
-3.8%
$42.69
+65.0%
-54.8%$15.75B$1.82B-431.171,300Analyst Revision
Gap Down
BWXT
BWX Technologies
3.2717 of 5 stars
$130.12
-0.6%
$122.43
-5.9%
+63.9%$11.90B$2.50B43.337,800Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
SPXC
SPX Technologies
1.851 of 5 stars
$178.07
+0.9%
$160.33
-10.0%
+101.6%$8.26B$1.74B47.434,100Short Interest ↑
Positive News
ESAB
ESAB
3.8945 of 5 stars
$130.26
+0.9%
$124.14
-4.7%
+64.8%$7.87B$2.76B30.239,000Positive News
MOG.B
Moog
N/A$214.67
flat
N/A+67.0%$6.87B$3.61B33.4914,000Gap Up
WFRD
Weatherford International
4.9163 of 5 stars
$81.87
-0.5%
$147.29
+79.9%
-8.4%$5.95B$5.53B11.5018,500
CHX
ChampionX
4.2608 of 5 stars
$30.43
-1.7%
$41.33
+35.8%
+4.2%$5.80B$3.67B18.907,100Short Interest ↑
Positive News
WHD
Cactus
3.4332 of 5 stars
$67.66
-1.3%
$56.40
-16.6%
+55.9%$5.38B$1.10B24.351,600Positive News
HAYW
Hayward
3.8812 of 5 stars
$15.91
-1.5%
$16.80
+5.6%
+30.1%$3.43B$1.00B38.481,875Short Interest ↓

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This page (NYSE:NVT) was last updated on 12/3/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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