Symbotic (SYM) stock has significantly outperformed its peers over the past year, boasting robust revenue growth of 35.7%. While demonstrating strong free cash flow generation with a 7.8% margin, a closer look reveals operational losses and a high negative PE ratio, indicating a valuation focused on future potential rather than current earnings. This suggests limited upside without continued aggressive scaling in the automation sector, distinguishing it from more profitable peers like GGG.
SYM's -3.0% operating margin, lowest among peers (GGG 26.6%), indicates heavy investment in scaling AI-powered warehouse automation.SYM's 35.7% revenue growth, outpacing GGG and GHM, reflects strong market penetration for its AI-robotics and strategic partnerships.SYM's 106.3% gain, outperforming peers, with a -805.5 PE, signals investor confidence in its disruptive AI automation and vast backlog.
Here's how Symbotic stacks up across size, valuation, and profitability versus key peers.
SYMGGGGHMMarket Cap ($ Bil)8.413.70.6Revenue ($ Bil)2.22.20.2PE Ratio-805.527.645.7LTM Revenue Growth35.7%2.9%16.0%LTM Operating Margin-3.0%26.6%7.4%LTM FCF Margin7.9%28.5%-4.7%12M Market Return106.3%-9.0%28.3%
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