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NVT vs. BKR, SYM, BWXT, ESAB, SPXC, ZWS, JBTM, MOG.B, CHX, and WFRD

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 Weatherford International (WFRD). These companies are all part of the "machinery" industry.

nVent Electric vs.

Baker Hughes (NASDAQ:BKR) and nVent Electric (NYSE:NVT) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.

Baker Hughes pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. 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 increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and nVent Electric has increased 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 presently has a consensus target price of $49.11, indicating a potential upside of 34.31%. nVent Electric has a consensus target price of $70.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.97%. Given Baker Hughes' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Baker Hughes is more favorable than nVent Electric.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Baker Hughes
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
18 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.90
nVent Electric
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.14

Baker Hughes has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, nVent Electric has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

nVent Electric received 36 more outperform votes than Baker Hughes when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.07% of users gave Baker Hughes an outperform vote while only 66.34% of users gave nVent Electric an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Baker HughesOutperform Votes
165
67.07%
Underperform Votes
81
32.93%
nVent ElectricOutperform Votes
201
66.34%
Underperform Votes
102
33.66%

92.1% of Baker Hughes shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.1% of nVent Electric shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Baker Hughes shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of nVent Electric shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Baker Hughes had 27 more articles in the media than nVent Electric. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for Baker Hughes and 15 mentions for nVent Electric. nVent Electric's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Baker Hughes' score of 0.95 indicating that nVent Electric is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Baker Hughes
27 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
nVent Electric
12 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Baker Hughes10.70% 14.58% 6.30%
nVent Electric 10.09%14.52%7.27%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Baker Hughes$27.84B1.30$2.98B$2.9312.48
nVent Electric$3.08B3.46$331.80M$3.5018.52

Summary

Baker Hughes and nVent Electric tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NVT vs. The Competition

MetricnVent ElectricSpecial industry machinery, except metalworking machinery IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$10.67B$8.19B$25.27B$19.31B
Dividend Yield1.20%0.75%2.89%3.83%
P/E Ratio33.0721.0544.7734.55
Price / Sales3.463.982,072.0134.91
Price / Cash19.3622.6334.7817.51
Price / Book3.303.526.684.68
Net Income$331.80M$397.48M$739.99M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-3.46%-2.10%-0.27%-1.96%
1 Month Performance29.09%11.07%13.42%7.26%
1 Year Performance-21.07%-2.52%52,709.90%3.95%

nVent Electric Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NVT
nVent Electric
3.4196 of 5 stars
$64.84
+1.3%
$70.00
+8.0%
-23.1%$10.68B$3.08B33.0810,400Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Gap Down
BKR
Baker Hughes
4.7934 of 5 stars
$37.91
+0.3%
$49.11
+29.5%
+11.0%$37.56B$27.84B12.7255,000Positive News
SYM
Symbotic
2.0836 of 5 stars
$28.30
+2.3%
$37.20
+31.4%
-38.6%$16.65B$2.07B-404.231,120Gap Down
BWXT
BWX Technologies
3.4639 of 5 stars
$109.90
+0.4%
$123.88
+12.7%
+21.6%$10.04B$2.78B36.397,000Positive News
Ex-Dividend
ESAB
ESAB
2.396 of 5 stars
$129.60
-0.5%
$137.22
+5.9%
+16.5%$7.86B$2.73B30.009,280News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
SPXC
SPX Technologies
2.2919 of 5 stars
$156.17
+0.1%
$178.80
+14.5%
+5.7%$7.29B$2.00B41.983,300Positive News
Analyst Revision
ZWS
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions
2.0292 of 5 stars
$37.37
-0.5%
$36.29
-2.9%
+10.1%$6.29B$1.58B40.622,700Positive News
JBTM
JBT Marel
2.6463 of 5 stars
$118.61
-0.6%
$143.00
+20.6%
N/A$6.16B$2.18B22.015,100Dividend Announcement
Gap Up
MOG.B
Moog
N/A$189.89
+12.1%
N/A+5.7%$6.00B$3.67B28.9014,000
CHX
ChampionX
3.7445 of 5 stars
$25.50
-1.8%
$37.67
+47.7%
-28.0%$4.88B$3.58B15.457,300News Coverage
Positive News
WFRD
Weatherford International
4.6332 of 5 stars
$47.59
-1.8%
$96.63
+103.0%
-63.2%$3.45B$5.35B7.0817,700Positive News

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