SPXC vs. SYM, NVT, BWXT, ESAB, ZWS, MOG.B, CHX, WFRD, WHD, and JBTM
Should you be buying SPX Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SPX Technologies include Symbotic (SYM), nVent Electric (NVT), BWX Technologies (BWXT), ESAB (ESAB), Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS), Moog (MOG.B), ChampionX (CHX), Weatherford International (WFRD), Cactus (WHD), and JBT Marel (JBTM). These companies are all part of the "machinery" industry.
SPX Technologies vs.
SPX Technologies (NYSE:SPXC) and Symbotic (NASDAQ:SYM) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.
SPX Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $168.50, suggesting a potential upside of 20.20%. Symbotic has a consensus price target of $38.33, suggesting a potential upside of 56.65%. Given Symbotic's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Symbotic is more favorable than SPX Technologies.
SPX Technologies has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Symbotic has a beta of 1.79, meaning that its stock price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500.
92.8% of SPX Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of SPX Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Symbotic shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
SPX Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Symbotic. Symbotic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SPX Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SPX Technologies received 383 more outperform votes than Symbotic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.07% of users gave SPX Technologies an outperform vote while only 51.64% of users gave Symbotic an outperform vote.
SPX Technologies has a net margin of 9.11% compared to Symbotic's net margin of -0.38%. SPX Technologies' return on equity of 19.70% beat Symbotic's return on equity.
In the previous week, SPX Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than Symbotic. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for SPX Technologies and 8 mentions for Symbotic. SPX Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Symbotic's score of 0.74 indicating that SPX Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
SPX Technologies beats Symbotic on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SPXC) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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