Morgan Advanced Materials (OTCMKTS:MCRUF) versus SPX Technologies (NYSE:SPXC) Head-To-Head Survey

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Morgan Advanced Materials and SPX Technologies, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

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

SPX Technologies has a consensus price target of $266.67, suggesting a potential upside of 37.54%. Given SPX Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe SPX Technologies is more favorable than Morgan Advanced Materials.

Insider & Institutional 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 stock is poised for long-term growth.

Risk & Volatility

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

Profitability

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

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

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Morgan Advanced Materials	$1.31 billion	0.70	$27.83 million	N/A	N/A
SPX Technologies	$2.27 billion	4.29	$244.00 million	$5.56	34.87

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

Summary

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

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.

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.