JBTM vs. BWXT, NVT, SPXC, ESAB, GTES, MOG.B, ZWS, CHX, WFRD, and WHD
Should you be buying JBT Marel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of JBT Marel include BWX Technologies (BWXT), nVent Electric (NVT), SPX Technologies (SPXC), ESAB (ESAB), Gates Industrial (GTES), Moog (MOG.B), Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor (ZWS), ChampionX (CHX), Weatherford International (WFRD), and Cactus (WHD). These companies are all part of the "machinery" industry.
JBT Marel vs. Its Competitors
JBT Marel (NYSE:JBTM) and BWX Technologies (NYSE:BWXT) are both machinery companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.
JBT Marel pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. BWX Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. JBT Marel pays out -28.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BWX Technologies pays out 31.8% 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 raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. BWX Technologies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
JBT Marel currently has a consensus price target of $143.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.46%. BWX Technologies has a consensus price target of $137.94, indicating a potential downside of 4.02%. Given JBT Marel's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe JBT Marel is more favorable than BWX Technologies.
In the previous week, BWX Technologies had 7 more articles in the media than JBT Marel. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for BWX Technologies and 6 mentions for JBT Marel. BWX Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat JBT Marel's score of 0.75 indicating that BWX Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
JBT Marel has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BWX Technologies has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
98.9% of JBT Marel shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.4% of BWX Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of JBT Marel shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of BWX Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
BWX Technologies has a net margin of 10.39% compared to JBT Marel's net margin of -5.07%. BWX Technologies' return on equity of 30.26% beat JBT Marel's return on equity.
BWX Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than JBT Marel. JBT Marel is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BWX Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
BWX Technologies beats JBT Marel on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:JBTM) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff