SYM vs. WMT, JCI, CARR, BKR, BWXT, NVT, SPXC, ZWS, JBTM, and ESAB
Should you be buying Symbotic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Symbotic include Walmart (WMT), Johnson Controls International (JCI), Carrier Global (CARR), Baker Hughes (BKR), BWX Technologies (BWXT), nVent Electric (NVT), SPX Technologies (SPXC), Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor (ZWS), JBT Marel (JBTM), and ESAB (ESAB).
Symbotic vs. Its Competitors
Symbotic (NASDAQ:SYM) and Walmart (NYSE:WMT) are related large-cap companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation and profitability.
Symbotic has a beta of 2.05, suggesting that its stock price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Walmart has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
26.8% of Walmart shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Symbotic shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Walmart shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Walmart had 72 more articles in the media than Symbotic. MarketBeat recorded 91 mentions for Walmart and 19 mentions for Symbotic. Walmart's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Symbotic's score of 0.64 indicating that Walmart is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Symbotic presently has a consensus target price of $43.44, indicating a potential downside of 4.72%. Walmart has a consensus target price of $110.59, indicating a potential upside of 13.15%. Given Walmart's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Walmart is more favorable than Symbotic.
Walmart has a net margin of 3.08% compared to Symbotic's net margin of -0.38%. Walmart's return on equity of 21.45% beat Symbotic's return on equity.
Walmart has higher revenue and earnings than Symbotic. Symbotic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Walmart, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Walmart beats Symbotic on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SYM and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:SYM) was last updated on 9/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
