BWXT vs. BC, TPIC, WPRT, NVOS, CYD, CMI, FICO, GLW, GRMN, and CSGP
Should you be buying BWX Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BWX Technologies include Brunswick (BC), TPI Composites (TPIC), Westport Fuel Systems (WPRT), Novo Integrated Sciences (NVOS), China Yuchai International (CYD), Cummins (CMI), Fair Isaac (FICO), Corning (GLW), Garmin (GRMN), and CoStar Group (CSGP).
BWX Technologies (NYSE:BWXT) and Brunswick (NYSE:BC) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and dividends.
BWX Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $92.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.20%. Brunswick has a consensus target price of $93.38, indicating a potential upside of 21.25%. Given Brunswick's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Brunswick is more favorable than BWX Technologies.
BWX Technologies has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brunswick has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
BWX Technologies has a net margin of 10.00% compared to Brunswick's net margin of 6.24%. BWX Technologies' return on equity of 31.57% beat Brunswick's return on equity.
Brunswick received 413 more outperform votes than BWX Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.12% of users gave Brunswick an outperform vote while only 59.61% of users gave BWX Technologies an outperform vote.
Brunswick has higher revenue and earnings than BWX Technologies. Brunswick is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BWX Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, BWX Technologies had 2 more articles in the media than Brunswick. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for BWX Technologies and 7 mentions for Brunswick. BWX Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Brunswick's score of 0.67 indicating that BWX Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
94.4% of BWX Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of Brunswick shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of BWX Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Brunswick shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
BWX Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Brunswick pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. BWX Technologies pays out 34.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brunswick pays out 31.2% 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. Brunswick is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Brunswick beats BWX Technologies on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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