SEI vs. ESAB, JBTM, ZWS, MOG.B, CHX, WFRD, WHD, ATS, HAYW, and HSAI
Should you be buying Solaris Energy Infrastructure stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Solaris Energy Infrastructure include ESAB (ESAB), JBT Marel (JBTM), Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor (ZWS), Moog (MOG.B), ChampionX (CHX), Weatherford International (WFRD), Cactus (WHD), ATS (ATS), Hayward (HAYW), and Hesai Group (HSAI). These companies are all part of the "machinery" industry.
Solaris Energy Infrastructure vs. Its Competitors
Solaris Energy Infrastructure (NASDAQ:SEI) and ESAB (NYSE:ESAB) are both mid-cap machinery companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations and profitability.
67.4% of Solaris Energy Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.1% of ESAB shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.2% of Solaris Energy Infrastructure shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of ESAB shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Solaris Energy Infrastructure and Solaris Energy Infrastructure both had 4 articles in the media. Solaris Energy Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat ESAB's score of 1.44 indicating that Solaris Energy Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Solaris Energy Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. ESAB pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Solaris Energy Infrastructure pays out 98.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. ESAB pays out 9.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ESAB has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
ESAB has a net margin of 9.98% compared to Solaris Energy Infrastructure's net margin of 4.80%. ESAB's return on equity of 16.98% beat Solaris Energy Infrastructure's return on equity.
ESAB has higher revenue and earnings than Solaris Energy Infrastructure. ESAB is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Solaris Energy Infrastructure, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Solaris Energy Infrastructure has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ESAB has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Solaris Energy Infrastructure presently has a consensus target price of $42.56, indicating a potential upside of 34.20%. ESAB has a consensus target price of $137.22, indicating a potential upside of 9.83%. Given Solaris Energy Infrastructure's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Solaris Energy Infrastructure is more favorable than ESAB.
Summary
ESAB beats Solaris Energy Infrastructure on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SEI) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff