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ATS vs. SPXC, ZWS, JBTM, ESAB, MOG.B, GTES, CHX, WFRD, HAYW, and WHD

Should you be buying ATS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ATS include SPX Technologies (SPXC), Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor (ZWS), JBT Marel (JBTM), ESAB (ESAB), Moog (MOG.B), Gates Industrial (GTES), ChampionX (CHX), Weatherford International (WFRD), Hayward (HAYW), and Cactus (WHD). These companies are all part of the "machinery" industry.

ATS vs. Its Competitors

ATS (NYSE:ATS) and SPX Technologies (NYSE:SPXC) are both mid-cap machinery companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, risk, earnings, media sentiment and dividends.

ATS has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SPX Technologies has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ATS$1.82B1.48-$20.16M-$0.27-101.94
SPX Technologies$1.98B4.50$200.50M$4.4542.87

SPX Technologies has a net margin of 10.27% compared to ATS's net margin of -1.44%. SPX Technologies' return on equity of 19.59% beat ATS's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ATS-1.44% 7.79% 2.95%
SPX Technologies 10.27%19.59%9.36%

SPX Technologies has a consensus price target of $195.20, indicating a potential upside of 2.33%. Given SPX Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe SPX Technologies is more favorable than ATS.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
ATS
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
SPX Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.20

In the previous week, ATS had 5 more articles in the media than SPX Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for ATS and 8 mentions for SPX Technologies. SPX Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat ATS's score of -0.19 indicating that SPX Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
ATS
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
SPX Technologies
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

75.8% of ATS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.8% of SPX Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of SPX Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

SPX Technologies beats ATS on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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ATS vs. The Competition

MetricATSMACH IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.60B$12.94B$7.65B$20.92B
Dividend YieldN/A23.73%4.56%3.58%
P/E Ratio-101.9422.0626.1429.13
Price / Sales1.483.9699.6253.00
Price / Cash13.8016.4728.3923.54
Price / Book2.184.084.095.45
Net Income-$20.16M$537.38M$796.69M$992.10M
7 Day Performance-0.49%1.74%0.61%2.61%
1 Month Performance-12.16%2.49%0.49%1.46%
1 Year Performance1.53%30.56%26.70%10.72%

ATS Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ATS
ATS
1.0281 of 5 stars
$27.52
+3.2%
N/A+1.8%$2.60B$1.82B-101.947,500Analyst Revision
SPXC
SPX Technologies
1.7928 of 5 stars
$200.43
-0.6%
$195.20
-2.6%
+24.1%$9.43B$1.98B45.044,300Positive News
ZWS
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor
2.5088 of 5 stars
$44.40
+0.5%
$38.00
-14.4%
+46.7%$7.40B$1.57B43.962,500News Coverage
Positive News
JBTM
JBT Marel
1.3241 of 5 stars
$135.91
+0.1%
$143.00
+5.2%
N/A$7.05B$1.72B-59.3512,200
ESAB
ESAB
4.2021 of 5 stars
$108.88
-2.0%
$137.88
+26.6%
+16.5%$6.75B$2.74B26.059,300Analyst Upgrade
MOG.B
Moog
N/A$194.82
-0.1%
N/A+9.9%$6.17B$3.61B29.5614,000News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
GTES
Gates Industrial
4.0782 of 5 stars
$23.68
+0.2%
$26.67
+12.6%
+44.1%$6.09B$3.41B30.3514,100Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
CHX
ChampionX
2.3853 of 5 stars
$25.81
flat
$40.00
+55.0%
-17.3%$4.94B$3.63B17.097,100
WFRD
Weatherford International
4.7418 of 5 stars
$53.78
-3.0%
$97.63
+81.5%
-41.6%$3.98B$5.51B8.3319,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
HAYW
Hayward
3.0112 of 5 stars
$15.31
+0.8%
$17.13
+11.9%
+14.8%$3.29B$1.05B26.392,080
WHD
Cactus
3.9739 of 5 stars
$38.18
-0.7%
$50.75
+32.9%
-27.2%$3.07B$1.13B14.411,600

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This page (NYSE:ATS) was last updated on 8/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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