BW vs. KEQU, POET, KVHI, SANG, XNET, KOPN, CBAT, ELVA, YTRA, and PXLW
Should you be buying Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises include Kewaunee Scientific (KEQU), POET Technologies (POET), KVH Industries (KVHI), Sangoma Technologies (SANG), Xunlei (XNET), Kopin (KOPN), CBAK Energy Technology (CBAT), Electrovaya (ELVA), Yatra Online (YTRA), and Pixelworks (PXLW). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (NYSE:BW) and Kewaunee Scientific (NASDAQ:KEQU) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
Kewaunee Scientific has a net margin of 4.34% compared to Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises' net margin of -20.57%. Kewaunee Scientific's return on equity of 20.82% beat Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises' return on equity.
83.2% of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.7% of Kewaunee Scientific shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.5% of Kewaunee Scientific shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises and Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises both had 2 articles in the media. Kewaunee Scientific's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises' score of 0.15 indicating that Kewaunee Scientific is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises received 235 more outperform votes than Kewaunee Scientific when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.18% of users gave Kewaunee Scientific an outperform vote while only 54.01% of users gave Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises an outperform vote.
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises currently has a consensus target price of $4.50, suggesting a potential upside of 265.85%. Given Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises is more favorable than Kewaunee Scientific.
Kewaunee Scientific has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises. Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kewaunee Scientific, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kewaunee Scientific has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Kewaunee Scientific beats Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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