Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) Competitors

CompX International (NYSE:CIX) and Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (NYSE:BW) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, community ranking and risk.

Is CIX or BW more profitable?

CompX International has a net margin of 12.48% compared to Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises' net margin of -6.77%. CompX International's return on equity of 11.51% beat Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CompX International	12.48%	11.51%	10.52%
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises	-6.77%	N/A	-5.09%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CIX or BW?

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises received 353 more outperform votes than CompX International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 94.74% of users gave CompX International an outperform vote while only 52.77% of users gave Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CompX International	Outperform Votes 18 94.74%	Underperform Votes 1 5.26%
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises	Outperform Votes 371 52.77%	Underperform Votes 332 47.23%

Do analysts rate CIX or BW?

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises has a consensus price target of $2.67, suggesting a potential upside of 310.89%. Given Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises is more favorable than CompX International.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CompX International	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has higher valuation & earnings, CIX or BW?

CompX International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises. Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CompX International, 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
CompX International	$148.24M	2.09	$22.59M	$1.46	17.23
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises	$734.24M	0.09	-$197.21M	-$0.83	-0.78

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CIX or BW?

7.5% of CompX International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.2% of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of CompX International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, CIX or BW?

CompX International has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises has a beta of 1.76, suggesting that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor CIX or BW?

In the previous week, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises had 1 more articles in the media than CompX International. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises and 2 mentions for CompX International. CompX International's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises' score of 0.76 indicating that CompX International is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CompX International	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

CompX International and Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.