SPXC vs. SYM, NVT, BWXT, ESAB, JBTM, ZWS, CHX, MOG.B, WFRD, and WHD
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), JBT Marel (JBTM), 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.
SPX Technologies vs.
SPX Technologies (NYSE:SPXC) and Symbotic (NASDAQ:SYM) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, risk and profitability.
SPX Technologies has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Symbotic has a beta of 1.85, suggesting that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.
SPX Technologies received 385 more outperform votes than Symbotic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.18% of users gave SPX Technologies an outperform vote while only 51.22% 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.
SPX Technologies has higher revenue and earnings 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.
In the previous week, Symbotic had 1 more articles in the media than SPX Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Symbotic and 5 mentions for SPX Technologies. SPX Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Symbotic's score of 1.12 indicating that SPX Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
92.8% of SPX Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of SPX Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Symbotic shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
SPX Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $174.75, suggesting a potential upside of 25.17%. Symbotic has a consensus target price of $38.20, suggesting a potential upside of 64.05%. Given Symbotic's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Symbotic is more favorable than SPX Technologies.
Summary
SPX Technologies beats Symbotic on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SPXC) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
