Reviewing Metso (OTCMKTS:MXCYY) and JBT Marel (NYSE:JBTM)

Metso (OTCMKTS:MXCYY) and JBT Marel (NYSE:JBTM) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

This table compares Metso and JBT Marel’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Metso	10.79%	12.81%	4.94%
JBT Marel	10.25%	10.16%	5.68%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Metso and JBT Marel”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Metso	$739.28 million	6.33	$336.00 million	$0.13	59.87
JBT Marel	$1.66 billion	2.47	$582.60 million	$5.39	23.94

JBT Marel has higher revenue and earnings than Metso. JBT Marel is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Metso, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.0% of Metso shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of JBT Marel shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Metso shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of JBT Marel shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

Metso has a beta of 1.79, indicating that its share price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JBT Marel has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Metso and JBT Marel, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Metso	0	0	0	0	0.00
JBT Marel	0	0	1	0	3.00

JBT Marel has a consensus target price of $143.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.84%. Given JBT Marel’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe JBT Marel is more favorable than Metso.

Summary

JBT Marel beats Metso on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Metso

Metso Corporation, an industrial company, provides equipment and services for the mining, aggregates, recycling, and process industries worldwide. The company operates through two segment, Minerals and Flow Control. It offers mining solutions, including crushing, screening, grinding, classification, beneficiation, dewatering, pyro processing, bulk materials handling, and slurry pumping solutions, as well as wear and spare parts; and aggregates, such as crushers, screens, feeders, rock breakers, air classifiers, lokotrack mobile plants, NW rapid and portable plants, stationary plants, slurry pumps, and preowned equipment, as well as wear and spare parts. The company also provides control, on-off, emergency shutdown, butterfly, ball, segment, eccentric plug, globe, and tank car valves; valve controls and limit switches; electric and pneumatic actuators; positioners, on-off controllers; intelligent safety solenoids; instrumentation panel; and valve spare parts. In addition, it offers metal recycling solutions, including shears, balers, briquettes, turnings and pre shredders, shredders, post shredder technology, and anode crusher; and waste recycling solutions, such as fine-shredders, mobile pre-shredders, and pre-shredders. Further, the company provides expert, flow control, maintenance, performance and engineered, and training services. Metso Corporation is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.

About JBT Marel

JBT Marel Corporation provides technology solutions to food and beverage industry in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America. It offers value-added processing that includes chilling, mixing/grinding, injecting, blending, marinating, tumbling, flattening, forming, portioning, coating, cooking, frying, freezing, extracting, pasteurizing, sterilizing, concentrating, high pressure processing, weighing, inspecting, filling, closing, sealing, end of line material handling, and packaging solutions to the food, beverage, and health market. In addition, it offers automated guided vehicle systems for material movement in the manufacturing, warehouse, and medical facilities. It serves baby food, bakery and confectionery, citrus processing, fruits and nuts, juices, non-food, pet food, pharmaceutical, plant- based beverages and protein, poultry, meat, and seafood, ready meals, oils, soups, sauces, seasoning and dressings, automotive, building material, tissue, paper, and packaging, hospitals, pharma and life sciences, fast moving consumer goods, manufacturing, warehousing, and other industries. The company markets and sells its products and solutions through direct sales force, independent distributors, sales representatives, and technical service teams. The company was formerly known as John Bean Technologies Corporation and changed its name to JBT Marel Corporation in January 2025. JBT Marel Corporation was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.