BW vs. FEIM, MOBX, TSAT, YTRA, KOPN, RSSS, KVHI, CMBM, VUZI, and LITB
Should you be buying Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises include Frequency Electronics (FEIM), Mobix Labs (MOBX), Telesat (TSAT), Yatra Online (YTRA), Kopin (KOPN), Research Solutions (RSSS), KVH Industries (KVHI), Cambium Networks (CMBM), Vuzix (VUZI), and LightInTheBox (LITB). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Frequency Electronics (NASDAQ:FEIM) and Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (NYSE:BW) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Frequency Electronics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises. Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Frequency Electronics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
58.6% of Frequency Electronics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.2% of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.4% of Frequency Electronics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises shares are owned by 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.
Frequency Electronics has a net margin of 6.10% compared to Frequency Electronics' net margin of -19.16%. Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises' return on equity of 9.12% beat Frequency Electronics' return on equity.
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises received 289 more outperform votes than Frequency Electronics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.12% of users gave Frequency Electronics an outperform vote while only 54.09% of users gave Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises had 5 more articles in the media than Frequency Electronics. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises and 2 mentions for Frequency Electronics. Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises' average media sentiment score of -0.50 beat Frequency Electronics' score of -0.67 indicating that Frequency Electronics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises has a consensus target price of $4.50, suggesting a potential upside of 254.33%. Given Frequency Electronics' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises is more favorable than Frequency Electronics.
Frequency Electronics has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Frequency Electronics beats Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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