BWX Technologies (BWXT) Competitors

BWX Technologies (NYSE:BWXT) and Baker Hughes (NASDAQ:BKR) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts recommend BWXT or BKR?

BWX Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $129.84, suggesting a potential downside of 1.48%. Baker Hughes has a consensus target price of $49.11, suggesting a potential upside of 25.67%. Given Baker Hughes' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Baker Hughes is more favorable than BWX Technologies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BWX Technologies	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82
Baker Hughes	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	18 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in BWXT or BKR?

94.4% of BWX Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.1% of Baker Hughes shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of BWX Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Baker Hughes shares are held by 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 BWXT or BKR a better dividend stock?

BWX Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Baker Hughes pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. BWX Technologies pays out 31.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Baker Hughes pays out 31.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. BWX Technologies has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Baker Hughes has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Baker Hughes is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is BWXT or BKR more profitable?

Baker Hughes has a net margin of 10.70% compared to BWX Technologies' net margin of 10.32%. BWX Technologies' return on equity of 31.95% beat Baker Hughes' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BWX Technologies	10.32%	31.95%	11.11%
Baker Hughes	10.70%	14.58%	6.30%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BWXT or BKR?

BWX Technologies received 218 more outperform votes than Baker Hughes when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.07% of users gave Baker Hughes an outperform vote while only 60.13% of users gave BWX Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BWX Technologies	Outperform Votes 383 60.13%	Underperform Votes 254 39.87%
Baker Hughes	Outperform Votes 165 67.07%	Underperform Votes 81 32.93%

Which has more risk and volatility, BWXT or BKR?

BWX Technologies has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Baker Hughes has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to BWXT or BKR?

In the previous week, Baker Hughes had 33 more articles in the media than BWX Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for Baker Hughes and 13 mentions for BWX Technologies. BWX Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Baker Hughes' score of 0.57 indicating that BWX Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BWX Technologies	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Baker Hughes	17 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, BWXT or BKR?

Baker Hughes has higher revenue and earnings than BWX Technologies. Baker Hughes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BWX Technologies, 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
BWX Technologies	$2.78B	4.33	$245.85M	$3.14	41.97
Baker Hughes	$27.84B	1.39	$2.98B	$2.93	13.34

Summary

Baker Hughes beats BWX Technologies on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.