Symbotic (NASDAQ:SYM – Get Rating) and Taylor Devices (NASDAQ:TAYD – Get Rating) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Symbotic and Taylor Devices' top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

Taylor Devices has higher revenue and earnings than Symbotic.

Analyst Ratings

Symbotic currently has a consensus price target of $20.60, suggesting a potential upside of 67.75%. Given Symbotic's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Symbotic is more favorable than Taylor Devices.

Volatility and Risk

Symbotic has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Taylor Devices has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

18.9% of Taylor Devices shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.1% of Taylor Devices shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Symbotic and Taylor Devices' net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Summary

Taylor Devices beats Symbotic on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Symbotic

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Symbotic Inc., an automation technology company, provides robotics and technology to improve efficiency for retailers and wholesalers in the United States. It offers The Symbotic System, a full-service warehouse automation system that reduces costs, improves efficiency, and maximizes inventory. The company is based in Wilmington, Massachusetts.

About Taylor Devices

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Taylor Devices, Inc. engages in design, development, manufacture, and marketing of shock absorption, rate control, and energy storage devices for use in machinery, equipment, and structures in North America, Asia, and internationally. Its products include seismic dampers that are designed to mitigate the effects of earthquakes on structures; Fluidicshoks, which are compact shock absorbers primarily used in defense, aerospace, and commercial industries; and crane and industrial buffers, which are larger versions of the Fluidicshoks for industrial application on cranes and crane trolleys, truck docks, ladle and ingot cars, ore trolleys, and car stops. The company's products also comprise self-adjusting shock absorbers that include versions of Fluidicshoks, and crane and industrial buffers, which automatically adjust to various impact conditions and are designed for high cycle application primarily in the heavy industry; liquid die springs that are used as component parts of machinery and equipment used in the manufacture of tools and dies; vibration dampers, which are primarily used by aerospace and defense industries to control the response of electronics and optical systems subjected to air, ship, or spacecraft vibration; machined springs used in the aerospace applications; and custom actuators for special aerospace and defense applications. It markets its products through a network of sales representatives and distributors. The company was incorporated in 1955 and is headquartered in North Tonawanda, New York.

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