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NYSE:AQUA

Evoqua Water Technologies (AQUA) Competitors

$49.88
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Today's Range
$49.88
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$49.88
50-Day Range
$46.20
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$51.52
52-Week Range
$30.44
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$52.30
Volume
N/A
Average Volume
2.03 million shs
Market Capitalization
$6.10 billion
P/E Ratio
80.45
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$49.29
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AQUA vs. NOV, DUOL, FCN, YMM, SPSC, STN, FUTU, ESTC, CNM, and RCM

Should you be buying Evoqua Water Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Evoqua Water Technologies include NOV (NOV), Duolingo (DUOL), FTI Consulting (FCN), Full Truck Alliance (YMM), SPS Commerce (SPSC), Stantec (STN), Futu (FUTU), Elastic (ESTC), Core & Main (CNM), and R1 RCM (RCM). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.

Evoqua Water Technologies vs.

NOV (NYSE:NOV) and Evoqua Water Technologies (NYSE:AQUA) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.

NOV has higher revenue and earnings than Evoqua Water Technologies. NOV is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Evoqua Water Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
NOV$7.24 billion0.82$155 million$0.8417.92
Evoqua Water Technologies$1.74 billion3.51$72.20 million$0.6280.45

NOV presently has a consensus target price of $24.13, suggesting a potential upside of 60.35%. Evoqua Water Technologies has a consensus target price of $49.29, suggesting a potential downside of 1.19%. Given NOV's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe NOV is more favorable than Evoqua Water Technologies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
NOV
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Evoqua Water Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43

NOV has a beta of 1.89, indicating that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Evoqua Water Technologies has a beta of 1.79, indicating that its share price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500.

NOV received 849 more outperform votes than Evoqua Water Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.88% of users gave NOV an outperform vote while only 61.25% of users gave Evoqua Water Technologies an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NOVOutperform Votes
1045
62.88%
Underperform Votes
617
37.12%
Evoqua Water TechnologiesOutperform Votes
196
61.25%
Underperform Votes
124
38.75%

94.2% of NOV shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of Evoqua Water Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of NOV shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Evoqua Water Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

NOV has a net margin of 4.33% compared to Evoqua Water Technologies' net margin of 4.24%. Evoqua Water Technologies' return on equity of 16.97% beat NOV's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NOV 4.33% 6.51% 3.33%
Evoqua Water Technologies 4.24% 16.97% 5.49%

In the previous week, NOV had 6 more articles in the media than Evoqua Water Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for NOV and 7 mentions for Evoqua Water Technologies. Evoqua Water Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat NOV's score of 0.22 indicating that Evoqua Water Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
NOV
3 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Evoqua Water Technologies
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

NOV beats Evoqua Water Technologies on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AQUA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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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AQUA vs. The Competition

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MetricEvoqua Water TechnologiesRefrigeration & service industry machinery IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.10B$3.77B$4.72B$14.46B
Dividend YieldN/A1.11%4.77%4.08%
P/E Ratio80.4524.95311.1920.18
Price / Sales3.512.14260.168.91
Price / Cash25.7514.74221.5923.11
Price / Book8.263.674.926.53
Net Income$72.20M$163.16M$103.89M$896.37M
7 Day Performance0.95%-2.40%13.70%-0.44%
1 Month Performance0.87%0.82%15.26%-0.54%
1 Year Performance37.15%13.38%-8.67%-10.29%

Evoqua Water Technologies Competitors List

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CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NOV
NOV
2.5791 of 5 stars		$15.52
+1.5%		$24.13
+55.5%		-25.2%$6.11B$7.24B18.4832,307
DUOL
Duolingo
1.8744 of 5 stars		$149.27
-4.2%		$142.38
-4.6%		+78.0%$6.13B$369.49M-119.42500
FCN
FTI Consulting
1.8828 of 5 stars		$184.33
+1.4%		$203.50
+10.4%		+12.9%$6.26B$3.03B29.497,635Short Interest ↑
YMM
Full Truck Alliance
2.1957 of 5 stars		$5.74
-0.2%		$11.00
+91.6%		-1.7%$6.35B$976.29M114.824,059
SPSC
SPS Commerce
1.9544 of 5 stars		$159.96
-1.9%		$157.50
-1.5%		+49.7%$5.84B$450.88M102.542,215
STN
Stantec
2.7228 of 5 stars		$57.53
-1.8%		$76.40
+32.8%		+28.2%$6.39B$4.18B31.6126,000Short Interest ↓
FUTU
Futu
2.2058 of 5 stars		$38.62
-2.4%		$47.59
+23.2%		+6.1%$5.81B$975.97M14.802,784Short Interest ↓
ESTC
Elastic
2.4731 of 5 stars		$66.81
+1.7%		$76.50
+14.5%		+6.9%$6.45B$862.37M-24.742,978Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
CNM
Core & Main
1.956 of 5 stars		$26.91
-1.4%		$29.33
+9.0%		+7.2%$6.62B$6.65B12.634,500
RCM
R1 RCM
1.9902 of 5 stars		$15.87
-6.2%		$17.44
+9.9%		-25.4%$6.64B$1.81B-69.0027,800

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This page (NYSE:AQUA) was last updated on 5/29/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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