Financial Comparison: SPX Technologies (NYSE:SPXC) and Morgan Advanced Materials (OTCMKTS:MCRUF)

SPX Technologies (NYSE:SPXC) and Morgan Advanced Materials (OTCMKTS:MCRUF) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares SPX Technologies and Morgan Advanced Materials”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SPX Technologies	$2.27 billion	4.47	$244.00 million	$5.56	36.33
Morgan Advanced Materials	$1.31 billion	0.73	$27.83 million	N/A	N/A

SPX Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Morgan Advanced Materials.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for SPX Technologies and Morgan Advanced Materials, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SPX Technologies	0	1	9	1	3.00
Morgan Advanced Materials	0	1	0	0	2.00

SPX Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $266.67, indicating a potential upside of 32.01%. Given SPX Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SPX Technologies is more favorable than Morgan Advanced Materials.

Profitability

This table compares SPX Technologies and Morgan Advanced Materials’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SPX Technologies	11.27%	16.53%	10.03%
Morgan Advanced Materials	N/A	N/A	N/A

Risk & Volatility

SPX Technologies has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Morgan Advanced Materials has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

92.8% of SPX Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of SPX Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

SPX Technologies beats Morgan Advanced Materials on 13 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About SPX Technologies

SPX Technologies, Inc. supplies infrastructure equipment serving the heating, ventilation, and cooling (HVAC); and detection and measurement markets worldwide. The company operates in two segments, HVAC and Detection and Measurement. The HVAC segment engineers, designs, manufactures, installs, and services package and process cooling products and engineered air movement solutions for the HVAC industrial and power generation markets, as well as boilers, heating, and ventilation products for the residential and commercial markets. It offers its products under the Marley, Recold, SGS, Cincinnati Fan, TAMCO, Ingénia, Berko, Qmark, Fahrenheat, Leading Edge, Patterson-Kelley, Weil-McLain, Williamson-Thermoflo, INDEECO, Heatrex, AccuTherm, Brasch, Spectrum, BannerDay PipeHeating, and Solar Products brands. The Detection and Measurement segment offers underground pipe and cable locators, inspection and rehabilitation equipment, and robotic systems under the Radiodetection, Pearpoint, Schonstedt, Dielectric, Riser Bond, Cues, ULC Robotics, and Sensors & Software brands; transportation systems under the Genfare brand; communication technologies products under the TCI and ECS brands; and obstruction lighting products under the Flash Technology, ITL, Sabik Marine, Sealite, and Avlite brands. The company markets its products through independent manufacturing representatives, third-party distributors, and retailers, as well as direct to customers. The company was formerly known as SPX Corporation and changed its name to SPX Technologies, Inc. in August 2022. SPX Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1912 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

About Morgan Advanced Materials

Morgan Advanced Materials plc operates as a materials science and application engineering company primarily the United Kingdom. It serves customers in the industrial, transportation, petrochemical and chemical, energy, semiconductor and electronics, healthcare, and security and defense markets. The company was formerly known as The Morgan Crucible Company plc and changed its name to Morgan Advanced Materials plc in March 2013. Morgan Advanced Materials plc was founded in 1856 and is headquartered in Windsor, the United Kingdom.