Cactus (WHD) Competitors

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

Which has higher valuation and 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	3.33	$169.17M	$2.76	17.13
Symbotic	$1.91B	7.18	-$13.49M	-$0.07	-334.00

Which has more volatility & risk, WHD or SYM?

Cactus has a beta of 2.05, meaning that its stock price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Symbotic has a beta of 1.85, meaning that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor WHD or SYM?

Cactus received 299 more outperform votes than Symbotic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.52% of users gave Cactus an outperform vote while only 51.22% of users gave Symbotic an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cactus	Outperform Votes 362 62.52%	Underperform Votes 217 37.48%
Symbotic	Outperform Votes 63 51.22%	Underperform Votes 60 48.78%

Do analysts prefer WHD or SYM?

Cactus currently has a consensus price target of $55.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.33%. Symbotic has a consensus price target of $38.20, suggesting a potential upside of 63.39%. Given Symbotic's stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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

Does the media prefer WHD or SYM?

In the previous week, Cactus had 2 more articles in the media than Symbotic. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Cactus and 7 mentions for Symbotic. Symbotic's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Cactus' score of 0.73 indicating that Symbotic is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cactus	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Symbotic	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders believe in WHD or SYM?

85.1% of Cactus shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.7% of Cactus shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Symbotic shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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%

Summary

Cactus beats Symbotic on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.