BWXT vs. CGNX, AMKR, RDDT, DBX, GNRC, OTEX, MKSI, DSGX, MMYT, and OLED
Should you be buying BWX Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BWX Technologies include Cognex (CGNX), Amkor Technology (AMKR), Reddit (RDDT), Dropbox (DBX), Generac (GNRC), Open Text (OTEX), MKS Instruments (MKSI), The Descartes Systems Group (DSGX), MakeMyTrip (MMYT), and Universal Display (OLED). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Cognex (NASDAQ:CGNX) and BWX Technologies (NYSE:BWXT) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and profitability.
BWX Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Cognex. BWX Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cognex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cognex pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. BWX Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Cognex pays out 51.7% 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. Cognex has increased its dividend for 9 consecutive years and BWX Technologies has increased its dividend for 9 consecutive years. BWX Technologies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Cognex has a net margin of 11.76% compared to Cognex's net margin of 10.00%. Cognex's return on equity of 31.57% beat BWX Technologies' return on equity.
Cognex has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its stock price is 48% 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.
Cognex received 149 more outperform votes than BWX Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.57% of users gave Cognex an outperform vote while only 59.48% of users gave BWX Technologies an outperform vote.
88.1% of Cognex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.4% of BWX Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Cognex shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of BWX Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Cognex presently has a consensus target price of $49.15, suggesting a potential upside of 4.38%. BWX Technologies has a consensus target price of $92.43, suggesting a potential upside of 3.64%. Given BWX Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cognex is more favorable than BWX Technologies.
In the previous week, Cognex and Cognex both had 12 articles in the media. BWX Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Cognex's score of 0.60 indicating that Cognex is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Cognex beats BWX Technologies on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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