ESAB (ESAB) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ESAB or SYM?

91.1% of ESAB shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.3% of ESAB shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Symbotic shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ESAB or SYM?

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 46.15% of users gave ESAB an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ESAB	Outperform Votes 24 46.15%	Underperform Votes 28 53.85%
Symbotic	Outperform Votes 64 50.79%	Underperform Votes 62 49.21%

Does the media refer more to ESAB or SYM?

In the previous week, ESAB had 11 more articles in the media than Symbotic. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for ESAB and 9 mentions for Symbotic. Symbotic's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat ESAB's score of 1.01 indicating that Symbotic is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ESAB	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Symbotic	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer ESAB or SYM?

ESAB presently has a consensus price target of $133.75, suggesting a potential upside of 13.25%. Symbotic has a consensus price target of $37.20, suggesting a potential upside of 68.86%. Given Symbotic's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Symbotic is more favorable than ESAB.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ESAB	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Symbotic	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.47

Is ESAB or SYM 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
ESAB	9.66%	17.43%	7.80%
Symbotic	-0.38%	5.11%	1.23%

Which has more volatility & risk, ESAB or SYM?

ESAB has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Symbotic has a beta of 1.86, indicating that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, ESAB or SYM?

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
ESAB	$2.74B	2.61	$205.29M	$4.32	27.34
Symbotic	$1.91B	6.77	-$13.49M	-$0.07	-314.71

Summary

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