Symbotic (SYM) Competitors

Baker Hughes (NASDAQ:BKR) and Symbotic (NASDAQ:SYM) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BKR or SYM?

92.1% of Baker Hughes shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Baker Hughes shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Symbotic shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate BKR or SYM?

Baker Hughes presently has a consensus target price of $49.11, suggesting a potential upside of 38.73%. Symbotic has a consensus target price of $37.20, suggesting a potential upside of 72.38%. Given Symbotic's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Symbotic is more favorable than Baker Hughes.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Baker Hughes	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	18 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90
Symbotic	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.47

Is BKR or SYM more profitable?

Baker Hughes has a net margin of 10.70% compared to Symbotic's net margin of -0.38%. Baker Hughes' return on equity of 14.58% beat Symbotic's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Baker Hughes	10.70%	14.58%	6.30%
Symbotic	-0.38%	5.11%	1.23%

Which has more risk and volatility, BKR or SYM?

Baker Hughes has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Symbotic has a beta of 1.86, indicating that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BKR or SYM?

Baker Hughes received 100 more outperform votes than Symbotic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.94% of users gave Baker Hughes an outperform vote while only 50.79% of users gave Symbotic an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Baker Hughes	Outperform Votes 164 66.94%	Underperform Votes 81 33.06%
Symbotic	Outperform Votes 64 50.79%	Underperform Votes 62 49.21%

Does the media prefer BKR or SYM?

In the previous week, Baker Hughes had 44 more articles in the media than Symbotic. MarketBeat recorded 52 mentions for Baker Hughes and 8 mentions for Symbotic. Symbotic's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Baker Hughes' score of 0.50 indicating that Symbotic is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Baker Hughes	19 Very Positive mention(s)	10 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Symbotic	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, BKR or SYM?

Baker Hughes has higher revenue and earnings than Symbotic. Symbotic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Baker Hughes, 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
Baker Hughes	$27.84B	1.26	$2.98B	$2.93	12.08
Symbotic	$1.91B	6.63	-$13.49M	-$0.07	-308.29

Summary

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