BWXT vs. BC, TPIC, WPRT, NVOS, CGRN, CYD, CMI, CTSH, CSGP, and GLW
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), Capstone Green Energy (CGRN), China Yuchai International (CYD), Cummins (CMI), Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), CoStar Group (CSGP), and Corning (GLW).
Brunswick (NYSE:BC) and BWX Technologies (NYSE:BWXT) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, BWX Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than Brunswick. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for BWX Technologies and 5 mentions for Brunswick. Brunswick's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat BWX Technologies' score of 0.24 indicating that BWX Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BWX Technologies has a net margin of 10.00% compared to BWX Technologies' net margin of 6.24%. Brunswick's return on equity of 31.57% beat BWX Technologies' return on equity.
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.
Brunswick pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. BWX Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Brunswick pays out 31.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BWX Technologies pays out 34.7% 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 has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years and BWX Technologies has increased its dividend for 9 consecutive years. Brunswick is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
99.3% of Brunswick shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.4% of BWX Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Brunswick shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of BWX Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Brunswick received 415 more outperform votes than BWX Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.12% of users gave Brunswick an outperform vote while only 59.48% of users gave BWX Technologies an outperform vote.
Brunswick currently has a consensus price target of $93.38, indicating a potential upside of 13.15%. BWX Technologies has a consensus price target of $92.43, indicating a potential upside of 0.32%. Given BWX Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Brunswick is more favorable than BWX Technologies.
Brunswick has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BWX Technologies has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Brunswick beats BWX Technologies on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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