JBT Marel (JBTM) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, SYM or JBTM?

Symbotic has a beta of 1.85, meaning that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JBT Marel has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

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 company is poised for long-term growth.

Is SYM or JBTM more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Symbotic	-0.38%	5.11%	1.23%
JBT Marel	10.25%	10.16%	5.68%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SYM or JBTM?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Symbotic	Outperform Votes 64 50.79%	Underperform Votes 62 49.21%
JBT Marel	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Do analysts recommend SYM or JBTM?

Symbotic currently has a consensus price target of $37.20, indicating a potential upside of 34.16%. JBT Marel has a consensus price target of $143.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.49%. Given Symbotic's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Symbotic is more favorable than JBT Marel.

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
JBT Marel	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, SYM or JBTM?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Symbotic	$2.07B	7.89	-$13.49M	-$0.04	-693.23
JBT Marel	$2.18B	2.79	$582.60M	-$1.41	-82.79

Does the media favor SYM or JBTM?

In the previous week, Symbotic had 14 more articles in the media than JBT Marel. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Symbotic and 2 mentions for JBT Marel. Symbotic's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat JBT Marel's score of 0.50 indicating that Symbotic is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Symbotic	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
JBT Marel	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

JBT Marel beats Symbotic on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.