SPXC vs. SYM, BWXT, NVT, ESAB, JBTM, ZWS, MOG.B, CHX, WFRD, and WHD
Should you be buying SPX Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SPX Technologies include Symbotic (SYM), BWX Technologies (BWXT), nVent Electric (NVT), ESAB (ESAB), JBT Marel (JBTM), Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor (ZWS), Moog (MOG.B), ChampionX (CHX), Weatherford International (WFRD), and Cactus (WHD). These companies are all part of the "machinery" industry.
SPX Technologies vs. Its Competitors
Symbotic (NASDAQ:SYM) and SPX Technologies (NYSE:SPXC) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.
Symbotic currently has a consensus price target of $38.71, indicating a potential downside of 19.00%. SPX Technologies has a consensus price target of $183.20, indicating a potential upside of 5.88%. Given SPX Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe SPX Technologies is more favorable than Symbotic.
Symbotic has a beta of 2.03, suggesting that its share price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SPX Technologies has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Symbotic had 2 more articles in the media than SPX Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Symbotic and 7 mentions for SPX Technologies. SPX Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Symbotic's score of 0.42 indicating that SPX Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
SPX Technologies has a net margin of 10.13% compared to Symbotic's net margin of -0.23%. SPX Technologies' return on equity of 19.67% beat Symbotic's return on equity.
92.8% of SPX Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Symbotic shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of SPX Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
SPX Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Symbotic. Symbotic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SPX Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
SPX Technologies beats Symbotic on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:SPXC) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
