JBTM vs. SYM, BWXT, NVT, ESAB, SPXC, ZWS, MOG.B, CHX, WHD, and WFRD
Should you be buying JBT Marel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of JBT Marel include Symbotic (SYM), BWX Technologies (BWXT), nVent Electric (NVT), ESAB (ESAB), SPX Technologies (SPXC), Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS), Moog (MOG.B), ChampionX (CHX), Cactus (WHD), and Weatherford International (WFRD). These companies are all part of the "machinery" industry.
JBT Marel vs.
Symbotic (NASDAQ:SYM) and JBT Marel (NYSE:JBTM) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.
JBT Marel has higher revenue and earnings than Symbotic. Symbotic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JBT Marel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
98.9% of JBT Marel shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Symbotic shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of JBT Marel shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Symbotic presently has a consensus target price of $37.20, suggesting a potential upside of 31.77%. JBT Marel has a consensus target price of $143.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.08%. Given Symbotic's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Symbotic is more favorable than JBT Marel.
In the previous week, Symbotic had 7 more articles in the media than JBT Marel. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Symbotic and 0 mentions for JBT Marel. Symbotic's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat JBT Marel's score of 0.00 indicating that Symbotic is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Symbotic has a beta of 1.95, meaning that its stock price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JBT Marel has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Symbotic received 63 more outperform votes than JBT Marel when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave JBT Marel an outperform vote while only 50.79% of users gave Symbotic an outperform vote.
JBT Marel has a net margin of 10.25% compared to Symbotic's net margin of -0.38%. JBT Marel's return on equity of 10.16% beat Symbotic's return on equity.
Summary
JBT Marel beats Symbotic on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:JBTM) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
