SPX Technologies (SPXC) Competitors

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

Is SPXC or SYM more profitable?

SPX Technologies has a net margin of 9.11% compared to Symbotic's net margin of -0.38%. SPX Technologies' return on equity of 19.70% beat Symbotic's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SPX Technologies	9.11%	19.70%	9.23%
Symbotic	-0.38%	5.11%	1.23%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SPXC or SYM?

92.8% of SPX Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of SPX Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Symbotic shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, SPXC or SYM?

SPX Technologies has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Symbotic has a beta of 1.95, meaning that its stock price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings & valuation, SPXC or SYM?

SPX Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SPX Technologies	$2.00B	3.75	$89.90M	$4.29	37.48
Symbotic	$2.07B	8.20	-$13.49M	-$0.04	-720.00

Does the media prefer SPXC or SYM?

In the previous week, Symbotic had 8 more articles in the media than SPX Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Symbotic and 2 mentions for SPX Technologies. SPX Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Symbotic's score of 0.81 indicating that SPX Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SPX Technologies	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Symbotic	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SPXC or SYM?

SPX Technologies received 387 more outperform votes than Symbotic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.34% of users gave SPX Technologies an outperform vote while only 50.79% of users gave Symbotic an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SPX Technologies	Outperform Votes 451 59.34%	Underperform Votes 309 40.66%
Symbotic	Outperform Votes 64 50.79%	Underperform Votes 62 49.21%

Do analysts recommend SPXC or SYM?

SPX Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $183.20, indicating a potential upside of 13.93%. Symbotic has a consensus price target of $37.20, indicating a potential upside of 29.17%. Given Symbotic's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Symbotic is more favorable than SPX Technologies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SPX Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.20
Symbotic	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.47

Summary

SPX Technologies beats Symbotic on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.