NVT vs. BKR, SYM, BWXT, ESAB, SPXC, ZWS, JBTM, MOG.B, CHX, and WHD
Should you be buying nVent Electric stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of nVent Electric include Baker Hughes (BKR), Symbotic (SYM), BWX Technologies (BWXT), ESAB (ESAB), SPX Technologies (SPXC), Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS), JBT Marel (JBTM), Moog (MOG.B), ChampionX (CHX), and Cactus (WHD). These companies are all part of the "machinery" industry.
nVent Electric vs. Its Competitors
Baker Hughes (NASDAQ:BKR) and nVent Electric (NYSE:NVT) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Baker Hughes has a net margin of 10.70% compared to nVent Electric's net margin of 10.09%. Baker Hughes' return on equity of 14.58% beat nVent Electric's return on equity.
92.1% of Baker Hughes shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.1% of nVent Electric shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Baker Hughes shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of nVent Electric shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Baker Hughes pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. nVent Electric pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Baker Hughes pays out 31.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. nVent Electric pays out 22.9% 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. Baker Hughes has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and nVent Electric has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Baker Hughes is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Baker Hughes has higher revenue and earnings than nVent Electric. Baker Hughes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than nVent Electric, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Baker Hughes currently has a consensus price target of $49.11, suggesting a potential upside of 25.83%. nVent Electric has a consensus price target of $70.67, suggesting a potential upside of 2.98%. Given Baker Hughes' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Baker Hughes is more favorable than nVent Electric.
nVent Electric received 37 more outperform votes than Baker Hughes when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.07% of users gave Baker Hughes an outperform vote while only 66.45% of users gave nVent Electric an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Baker Hughes had 35 more articles in the media than nVent Electric. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for Baker Hughes and 10 mentions for nVent Electric. nVent Electric's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Baker Hughes' score of 0.44 indicating that nVent Electric is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Baker Hughes has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, nVent Electric has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Baker Hughes and nVent Electric tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:NVT) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
