ATS (ATS) Competitors

ATS (NYSE:ATS) and BWX Technologies (NYSE:BWXT) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and profitability.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in ATS or BWXT?

75.8% of ATS shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.4% of BWX Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of BWX Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ATS or BWXT more profitable?

BWX Technologies has a net margin of 10.32% compared to ATS's net margin of 3.27%. BWX Technologies' return on equity of 31.95% beat ATS's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ATS	3.27%	9.95%	3.89%
BWX Technologies	10.32%	31.95%	11.11%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, ATS or BWXT?

BWX Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ATS. BWX Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ATS, 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
ATS	$2.75B	0.92	$143.62M	$0.66	39.10
BWX Technologies	$2.70B	3.82	$245.85M	$3.07	36.80

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ATS or BWXT?

BWX Technologies received 378 more outperform votes than ATS when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.94% of users gave BWX Technologies an outperform vote while only 16.67% of users gave ATS an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ATS	Outperform Votes 2 16.67%	Underperform Votes 10 83.33%
BWX Technologies	Outperform Votes 380 59.94%	Underperform Votes 254 40.06%

Do analysts prefer ATS or BWXT?

ATS presently has a consensus price target of $30.50, indicating a potential upside of 18.19%. BWX Technologies has a consensus price target of $124.38, indicating a potential upside of 10.08%. Given ATS's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ATS is more favorable than BWX Technologies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ATS	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67
BWX Technologies	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Which has more risk & volatility, ATS or BWXT?

ATS has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BWX Technologies has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer ATS or BWXT?

In the previous week, ATS had 3 more articles in the media than BWX Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for ATS and 13 mentions for BWX Technologies. BWX Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat ATS's score of 0.37 indicating that BWX Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ATS	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
BWX Technologies	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

BWX Technologies beats ATS on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.