Moog (MOG.B) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SYM or MOG.B?

Moog received 36 more outperform votes than Symbotic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave Moog 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%
Moog	Outperform Votes 100 66.67%	Underperform Votes 50 33.33%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of SYM or MOG.B?

8.1% of Moog shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Symbotic shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Moog shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate SYM or MOG.B?

Symbotic currently has a consensus target price of $37.20, indicating a potential upside of 36.42%. Given Symbotic's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Symbotic is more favorable than Moog.

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
Moog	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, SYM or MOG.B?

Moog has higher revenue and earnings than Symbotic. Symbotic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Moog, 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	7.76	-$13.49M	-$0.04	-681.73
Moog	$3.67B	1.60	$207.22M	$6.46	28.70

Is SYM or MOG.B more profitable?

Moog has a net margin of 5.80% compared to Symbotic's net margin of -0.38%. Moog's return on equity of 14.44% beat Symbotic's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Symbotic	-0.38%	5.11%	1.23%
Moog	5.80%	14.44%	6.36%

Which has more risk & volatility, SYM or MOG.B?

Symbotic has a beta of 1.85, suggesting that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Moog has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer SYM or MOG.B?

In the previous week, Symbotic had 15 more articles in the media than Moog. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Symbotic and 1 mentions for Moog. Symbotic's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Moog's score of 0.00 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
Moog	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

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