Cactus (WHD) Competitors

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

Is SYM or WHD more profitable?

Cactus has a net margin of 16.57% compared to Symbotic's net margin of -1.03%. Cactus' return on equity of 20.24% beat Symbotic's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Symbotic	-1.03%	4.08%	0.71%
Cactus	16.57%	20.24%	14.32%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SYM or WHD?

Cactus received 315 more outperform votes than Symbotic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.63% of users gave Cactus an outperform vote while only 48.96% of users gave Symbotic an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Symbotic	Outperform Votes 47 48.96%	Underperform Votes 49 51.04%
Cactus	Outperform Votes 362 62.63%	Underperform Votes 216 37.37%

Which has more volatility and risk, SYM or WHD?

Symbotic has a beta of 1.81, suggesting that its stock price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cactus has a beta of 1.95, suggesting that its stock price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SYM or WHD?

85.1% of Cactus shares are held by institutional investors. 38.3% of Symbotic shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.7% of Cactus shares are held 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.

Do analysts recommend SYM or WHD?

Symbotic presently has a consensus target price of $43.23, indicating a potential upside of 46.59%. Cactus has a consensus target price of $56.40, indicating a potential downside of 12.37%. Given Symbotic's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Symbotic is more favorable than Cactus.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Symbotic	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64
Cactus	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.14

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, SYM or WHD?

Cactus has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Symbotic	$1.18B	14.67	-$23.87M	-$0.19	-155.21
Cactus	$1.10B	4.67	$169.17M	$2.82	22.82

Does the media refer more to SYM or WHD?

In the previous week, Symbotic had 1 more articles in the media than Cactus. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Symbotic and 5 mentions for Cactus. Cactus' average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Symbotic's score of 0.55 indicating that Cactus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Symbotic	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cactus	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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