BWXT vs. GTLB, CACI, PCTY, WWD, GWRE, MKSI, MNDY, DAY, GLOB, and DBX
Should you be buying BWX Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BWX Technologies include GitLab (GTLB), CACI International (CACI), Paylocity (PCTY), Woodward (WWD), Guidewire Software (GWRE), MKS Instruments (MKSI), monday.com (MNDY), Dayforce (DAY), Globant (GLOB), and Dropbox (DBX). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
BWX Technologies (NYSE:BWXT) and GitLab (NASDAQ:GTLB) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and institutional ownership.
BWX Technologies received 296 more outperform votes than GitLab when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.34% of users gave BWX Technologies an outperform vote while only 49.62% of users gave GitLab an outperform vote.
BWX Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $89.00, suggesting a potential downside of 7.28%. GitLab has a consensus price target of $70.73, suggesting a potential upside of 27.53%. Given GitLab's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe GitLab is more favorable than BWX Technologies.
BWX Technologies has a net margin of 9.85% compared to GitLab's net margin of -73.14%. BWX Technologies' return on equity of 32.38% beat GitLab's return on equity.
94.4% of BWX Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.7% of GitLab shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of BWX Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.0% of GitLab shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
BWX Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than GitLab. GitLab is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BWX Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BWX Technologies has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GitLab has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, BWX Technologies and BWX Technologies both had 4 articles in the media. BWX Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat GitLab's score of 1.39 indicating that BWX Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
BWX Technologies beats GitLab on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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