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$61.49 -1.45 (-2.30%)
(As of 12/17/2024 ET)

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

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

Cactus vs.

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

Cactus has a net margin of 16.57% compared to Symbotic's net margin of -0.32%. Cactus' return on equity of 20.24% beat Symbotic's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Symbotic-0.32% 6.49% 1.41%
Cactus 16.57%20.24%14.32%

Cactus received 307 more outperform votes than Symbotic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.63% of users gave Cactus an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Symbotic an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
SymboticOutperform Votes
55
50.00%
Underperform Votes
55
50.00%
CactusOutperform Votes
362
62.63%
Underperform Votes
216
37.37%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Symbotic$1.82B8.23-$13.49M-$0.06-425.50
Cactus$1.13B4.32$169.17M$2.8221.80

In the previous week, Symbotic had 53 more articles in the media than Cactus. MarketBeat recorded 56 mentions for Symbotic and 3 mentions for Cactus. Cactus' average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Symbotic's score of 0.15 indicating that Cactus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Symbotic
11 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
34 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Cactus
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

85.1% of Cactus shares are held by institutional investors. 38.3% of Symbotic shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.7% of Cactus shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Symbotic has a beta of 1.73, suggesting that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cactus has a beta of 1.97, suggesting that its stock price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Symbotic presently has a consensus target price of $42.54, indicating a potential upside of 66.62%. Cactus has a consensus target price of $56.40, indicating a potential downside of 8.28%. Given Symbotic's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Symbotic is more favorable than Cactus.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Symbotic
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Cactus
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.14

Summary

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

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WHD vs. The Competition

MetricCactusOil & gas field machinery IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.89B$4.19B$8.07B$19.67B
Dividend Yield0.82%1.89%11.41%3.51%
P/E Ratio21.8112.2417.0543.80
Price / Sales4.321.3770.5717.45
Price / Cash18.119.8412.6221.73
Price / Book4.592.063.715.46
Net Income$169.17M-$45.03M$932.01M$987.68M
7 Day Performance-5.28%-4.69%-2.78%-2.32%
1 Month Performance-6.68%4.47%-2.39%0.63%
1 Year Performance38.49%30.57%4.71%16.39%

Cactus Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WHD
Cactus
2.7377 of 5 stars
$61.49
-2.3%
$56.40
-8.3%
+39.7%$4.89B$1.13B21.811,600Positive News
SYM
Symbotic
3.7637 of 5 stars
$27.15
+1.0%
$42.54
+56.7%
-52.3%$15.95B$1.82B-452.501,650
NVT
nVent Electric
4.5566 of 5 stars
$75.61
+0.8%
$85.50
+13.1%
+23.4%$12.46B$3.26B22.2311,300Dividend Increase
Positive News
BWXT
BWX Technologies
4.0618 of 5 stars
$122.58
+1.4%
$122.43
-0.1%
+54.2%$11.21B$2.50B40.047,800Analyst Forecast
Positive News
ESAB
ESAB
3.3336 of 5 stars
$130.33
+2.1%
$133.43
+2.4%
+51.1%$7.88B$2.76B29.899,000Positive News
SPXC
SPX Technologies
2.1411 of 5 stars
$157.80
+1.5%
$164.00
+3.9%
+60.0%$7.32B$1.74B41.814,100
MOG.B
Moog
N/A$210.74
-2.4%
N/A+48.6%$6.74B$3.61B32.8814,000Gap Down
CHX
ChampionX
4.6154 of 5 stars
$28.46
-0.1%
$41.33
+45.2%
-11.0%$5.42B$3.67B17.707,100Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
WFRD
Weatherford International
4.8988 of 5 stars
$73.95
-2.8%
$140.50
+90.0%
-19.5%$5.37B$5.14B10.6918,500
HAYW
Hayward
3.5851 of 5 stars
$16.19
-0.4%
$16.80
+3.8%
+20.7%$3.49B$1.00B38.691,875
ATS
ATS
1.0815 of 5 stars
$31.04
-1.1%
$30.50
-1.7%
-27.5%$3.04B$2.85B32.707,000Short Interest ↑

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This page (NYSE:WHD) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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