ESAB (ESAB) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in SYM or ESAB?

91.1% of ESAB shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Symbotic shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of ESAB shares are owned 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SYM or ESAB?

Symbotic received 40 more outperform votes than ESAB when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.79% of users gave Symbotic an outperform vote while only 43.64% of users gave ESAB an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Symbotic	Outperform Votes 64 50.79%	Underperform Votes 62 49.21%
ESAB	Outperform Votes 24 43.64%	Underperform Votes 31 56.36%

Does the media favor SYM or ESAB?

In the previous week, Symbotic had 6 more articles in the media than ESAB. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Symbotic and 4 mentions for ESAB. ESAB's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Symbotic's score of 0.81 indicating that ESAB is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Symbotic	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ESAB	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings and valuation, SYM or ESAB?

ESAB has higher revenue and earnings than Symbotic. Symbotic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ESAB, 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
Symbotic	$2.07B	8.20	-$13.49M	-$0.04	-720.00
ESAB	$2.73B	2.80	$205.29M	$4.44	28.42

Do analysts rate SYM or ESAB?

Symbotic currently has a consensus price target of $37.20, indicating a potential upside of 29.17%. ESAB has a consensus price target of $137.22, indicating a potential upside of 8.73%. Given Symbotic's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Symbotic is more favorable than ESAB.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Symbotic	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.47
ESAB	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63

Which has more risk & volatility, SYM or ESAB?

Symbotic has a beta of 1.95, indicating that its share price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ESAB has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SYM or ESAB more profitable?

ESAB has a net margin of 9.66% compared to Symbotic's net margin of -0.38%. ESAB's return on equity of 17.43% beat Symbotic's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Symbotic	-0.38%	5.11%	1.23%
ESAB	9.66%	17.43%	7.80%

Summary

ESAB beats Symbotic on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.