ChampionX (CHX) Competitors

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

Is SYM or CHX more profitable?

ChampionX has a net margin of 8.81% compared to Symbotic's net margin of -0.38%. ChampionX's return on equity of 19.84% beat Symbotic's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Symbotic	-0.38%	5.11%	1.23%
ChampionX	8.81%	19.84%	10.40%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in SYM or CHX?

99.0% of ChampionX shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Symbotic shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of ChampionX shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SYM or CHX?

Symbotic received 37 more outperform votes than ChampionX when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.00% of users gave ChampionX an outperform vote while only 50.79% of users gave Symbotic an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Symbotic	Outperform Votes 64 50.79%	Underperform Votes 62 49.21%
ChampionX	Outperform Votes 27 54.00%	Underperform Votes 23 46.00%

Do analysts prefer SYM or CHX?

Symbotic currently has a consensus target price of $37.20, indicating a potential upside of 38.04%. ChampionX has a consensus target price of $37.67, indicating a potential upside of 51.33%. Given ChampionX's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ChampionX is more favorable than Symbotic.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Symbotic	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.47
ChampionX	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has more risk & volatility, SYM or CHX?

Symbotic has a beta of 1.85, suggesting that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ChampionX has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, SYM or CHX?

ChampionX has higher revenue and earnings than Symbotic. Symbotic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ChampionX, 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	$2.07B	7.67	-$13.49M	-$0.04	-673.70
ChampionX	$3.58B	1.33	$320.27M	$1.51	16.48

Does the media prefer SYM or CHX?

In the previous week, Symbotic had 4 more articles in the media than ChampionX. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Symbotic and 12 mentions for ChampionX. ChampionX's average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat Symbotic's score of 0.67 indicating that ChampionX is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Symbotic	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ChampionX	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

ChampionX beats Symbotic on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.