BW vs. JELD, CIX, ZJK, ACU, SMID, MTEN, VATE, RECT, CSTE, and TPCS
Should you be buying Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises include JELD-WEN (JELD), CompX International (CIX), ZJK Industrial (ZJK), Acme United (ACU), Smith-Midland (SMID), Mingteng International (MTEN), INNOVATE (VATE), Rectitude (RECT), Caesarstone (CSTE), and TechPrecision (TPCS). These companies are all part of the "construction materials" industry.
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises vs. Its Competitors
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (NYSE:BW) and JELD-WEN (NYSE:JELD) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, earnings and risk.
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises received 58 more outperform votes than JELD-WEN when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.14% of users gave JELD-WEN an outperform vote while only 52.77% of users gave Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises an outperform vote.
JELD-WEN has higher revenue and earnings than Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises. Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JELD-WEN, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises currently has a consensus target price of $2.67, indicating a potential upside of 139.16%. JELD-WEN has a consensus target price of $7.34, indicating a potential upside of 84.28%. Given Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises is more favorable than JELD-WEN.
In the previous week, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises had 1 more articles in the media than JELD-WEN. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises and 1 mentions for JELD-WEN. Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat JELD-WEN's score of 0.40 indicating that Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JELD-WEN has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.
JELD-WEN has a net margin of -5.01% compared to Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises' net margin of -6.77%. JELD-WEN's return on equity of 7.14% beat Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises' return on equity.
83.2% of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of JELD-WEN shares are held by institutional investors. 3.9% of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of JELD-WEN shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises beats JELD-WEN on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BW) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
