JBTM vs. SYM, BWXT, NVT, SPXC, ESAB, 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), SPX Technologies (SPXC), ESAB (ESAB), Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor (ZWS), Moog (MOG.B), ChampionX (CHX), Cactus (WHD), and Weatherford International (WFRD). These companies are all part of the "machinery" industry.
JBT Marel vs. Its Competitors
Symbotic (NASDAQ:SYM) and JBT Marel (NYSE:JBTM) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings and media sentiment.
JBT Marel has lower revenue, but higher 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.
Symbotic currently has a consensus price target of $38.71, suggesting a potential downside of 19.00%. JBT Marel has a consensus price target of $143.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.07%. Given JBT Marel's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe JBT Marel is more favorable than Symbotic.
Symbotic has a net margin of -0.23% compared to JBT Marel's net margin of -5.07%. JBT Marel's return on equity of 8.55% beat Symbotic's return on equity.
Symbotic has a beta of 2.03, indicating that its stock price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JBT Marel has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
98.9% of JBT Marel shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Symbotic shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of JBT Marel shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Symbotic had 10 more articles in the media than JBT Marel. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Symbotic and 0 mentions for JBT Marel. Symbotic's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat JBT Marel's score of 0.00 indicating that Symbotic is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Symbotic beats JBT Marel on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:JBTM) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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