BWXT vs. PCTY, VIPS, CACI, GWRE, ONTO, INFA, MNDY, GTLB, GNRC, and APPF
Should you be buying BWX Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BWX Technologies include Paylocity (PCTY), Vipshop (VIPS), CACI International (CACI), Guidewire Software (GWRE), Onto Innovation (ONTO), Informatica (INFA), monday.com (MNDY), GitLab (GTLB), Generac (GNRC), and AppFolio (APPF). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Paylocity (NASDAQ:PCTY) and BWX Technologies (NYSE:BWXT) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
Paylocity received 173 more outperform votes than BWX Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.72% of users gave Paylocity an outperform vote while only 59.34% of users gave BWX Technologies an outperform vote.
Paylocity has a net margin of 14.42% compared to Paylocity's net margin of 9.85%. Paylocity's return on equity of 32.38% beat BWX Technologies' return on equity.
Paylocity has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BWX Technologies has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Paylocity currently has a consensus target price of $196.67, indicating a potential upside of 17.32%. BWX Technologies has a consensus target price of $89.00, indicating a potential downside of 8.57%. Given BWX Technologies' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Paylocity is more favorable than BWX Technologies.
In the previous week, Paylocity had 22 more articles in the media than BWX Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Paylocity and 6 mentions for BWX Technologies. BWX Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Paylocity's score of 0.69 indicating that Paylocity is being referred to more favorably in the media.
94.8% of Paylocity shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.4% of BWX Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.5% of Paylocity shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of BWX Technologies shares are owned by 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 has higher revenue and earnings than Paylocity. BWX Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paylocity, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Paylocity beats BWX Technologies on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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