VNT vs. SPXC, KVYO, G, SOFI, SPSC, ULS, MARA, FCFS, RHI, and TNET
Should you be buying Vontier stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vontier include SPX Technologies (SPXC), Klaviyo (KVYO), Genpact (G), SoFi Technologies (SOFI), SPS Commerce (SPSC), UL Solutions (ULS), Marathon Digital (MARA), FirstCash (FCFS), Robert Half (RHI), and TriNet Group (TNET). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
SPX Technologies (NYSE:SPXC) and Vontier (NYSE:VNT) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.
SPX Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $141.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.38%. Vontier has a consensus target price of $45.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.84%. Given SPX Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vontier is more favorable than SPX Technologies.
SPX Technologies has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vontier has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Vontier has a net margin of 14.02% compared to Vontier's net margin of 5.32%. SPX Technologies' return on equity of 54.84% beat Vontier's return on equity.
92.8% of SPX Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.8% of Vontier shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of SPX Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Vontier shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
SPX Technologies received 410 more outperform votes than Vontier when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.25% of users gave SPX Technologies an outperform vote while only 47.95% of users gave Vontier an outperform vote.
Vontier has higher revenue and earnings than SPX Technologies. Vontier is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SPX Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, SPX Technologies had 4 more articles in the media than Vontier. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for SPX Technologies and 8 mentions for Vontier. Vontier's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat SPX Technologies' score of 0.49 indicating that SPX Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Vontier beats SPX Technologies on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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