Cactus (WHD) Competitors

Cactus (NYSE:WHD) and Symbotic (NASDAQ:SYM) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WHD or SYM?

Cactus received 298 more outperform votes than Symbotic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.52% of users gave Cactus an outperform vote while only 50.79% of users gave Symbotic an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cactus	Outperform Votes 362 62.52%	Underperform Votes 217 37.48%
Symbotic	Outperform Votes 64 50.79%	Underperform Votes 62 49.21%

Do analysts rate WHD or SYM?

Cactus presently has a consensus target price of $55.00, indicating a potential upside of 50.97%. Symbotic has a consensus target price of $37.20, indicating a potential upside of 82.89%. Given Symbotic's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Symbotic is more favorable than Cactus.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cactus	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.14
Symbotic	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.47

Is WHD or SYM more profitable?

Cactus has a net margin of 16.57% compared to Symbotic's net margin of -0.38%. Cactus' return on equity of 20.24% beat Symbotic's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cactus	16.57%	20.24%	14.32%
Symbotic	-0.38%	5.11%	1.23%

Does the media favor WHD or SYM?

In the previous week, Symbotic had 3 more articles in the media than Cactus. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Symbotic and 11 mentions for Cactus. Cactus' average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Symbotic's score of 0.71 indicating that Cactus is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cactus	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 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

Which has higher valuation & earnings, WHD or SYM?

Cactus has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Symbotic. Symbotic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cactus, 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
Cactus	$1.13B	2.57	$169.17M	$2.76	13.20
Symbotic	$1.91B	6.25	-$13.49M	-$0.07	-290.57

Which has more volatility and risk, WHD or SYM?

Cactus has a beta of 1.74, meaning that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Symbotic has a beta of 1.86, meaning that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

85.1% of Cactus shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.7% of Cactus shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Symbotic shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Cactus beats Symbotic on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.