DNOW (DNOW) Competitors

SPX Technologies (NYSE:SPXC) and DNOW (NYSE:DNOW) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, profitability and institutional ownership.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in SPXC or DNOW?

92.8% of SPX Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.6% of DNOW shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of SPX Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of DNOW shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, SPXC or DNOW?

SPX Technologies has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DNOW has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation and earnings, SPXC or DNOW?

SPX Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than DNOW. DNOW is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SPX 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
SPX Technologies	$1.98B	3.17	$89.90M	$4.25	31.59
DNOW	$2.37B	0.71	$81M	$0.73	21.74

Is SPXC or DNOW more profitable?

SPX Technologies has a net margin of 9.11% compared to DNOW's net margin of 3.41%. SPX Technologies' return on equity of 19.70% beat DNOW's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SPX Technologies	9.11%	19.70%	9.23%
DNOW	3.41%	9.04%	6.28%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SPXC or DNOW?

SPX Technologies received 138 more outperform votes than DNOW when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.18% of users gave SPX Technologies an outperform vote while only 52.63% of users gave DNOW an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SPX Technologies	Outperform Votes 448 59.18%	Underperform Votes 309 40.82%
DNOW	Outperform Votes 310 52.63%	Underperform Votes 279 47.37%

Does the media favor SPXC or DNOW?

In the previous week, DNOW had 4 more articles in the media than SPX Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for DNOW and 7 mentions for SPX Technologies. SPX Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat DNOW's score of 1.15 indicating that SPX Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SPX Technologies	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
DNOW	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend SPXC or DNOW?

SPX Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $174.75, suggesting a potential upside of 30.15%. DNOW has a consensus price target of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.72%. Given SPX Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe SPX Technologies is more favorable than DNOW.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SPX Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
DNOW	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Summary

SPX Technologies beats DNOW on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.