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SYMSYMCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Industrials›Industrial Machinery

Builds AI-powered robots and software that automate warehouses, moving pallets and cases without human pickers.

Momentum weak 25
Mkt cap
$22.3B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
57%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$66.0M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
101.9×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
n/a
WACC 15.2%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
17 days
23 Nov 2026
Close · USD$36.82
1D+5.1%
1W-2.9%
1M-12.5%
3M-8.2%
6M-29.6%
YTD-38.1%
1Y-52.8%
ATR %5.9%
Beta2.64
52w lowhigh58.1% off high

What SYM does

Builds AI-powered robots and software that automate warehouses, moving pallets and cases without human pickers.

Sells warehouse-automation systems on multiyear contracts, booking revenue as each system is built and installed, then adds software and maintenance fees. Walmart accounts for most of the business and also holds warrants over its shares; in 2025 Symbotic took over Walmart's own warehouse-robotics unit. SoftBank is an investor and partner in GreenBox.

Products and services

  • Automated storage & retrieval robotics
  • Symbotic software platform
  • GreenBox warehouse-as-a-service (SoftBank JV)

Customers

  • Walmart
  • other large retailers/grocers
  • SoftBank (GreenBox JV)

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Supply chain automation
  • Warehouse robotics
  • Robots + orchestration software

What could go right

  • Retail/grocery automation demand
  • GreenBox third-party warehouse rollout

What could go wrong

  • Customer concentration (Walmart)
  • Large upfront project costs / execution risk

Moat: narrow (switching costs, installed base, IP / patents). Systems are deeply embedded in customer distribution centers; ripping them out is costly and slow.

Headquarters: Wilmington, Massachusetts, US · Founded: 2007 · Employees: 2,000

Named competitors

SYM at a glance

Size SYM (SYM) is a United States Industrials company (Industrial Machinery) with a market value of $22.3B, the 464th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $36.82 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 29.6%, against -4.8% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 2nd lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 20.0% over the last twelve months (peer median +8.0%); the operating margin is 1.4% (peer median 18.5%).

Valuation It trades at 101.9× forward earnings against a peer median of 24.0× (most expensive of 21).

Backlog Backlog (remaining performance obligations) was $22.5B at 27 Jun 2026, up 0% on a year earlier — 8.5 years of trailing revenue. Backlog detail →

Short interest Short interest is 13.6% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 23 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

8010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 95SYM 71
Six months, rebased to 100: SYM against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

SYM financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-09-30. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$2.65B$2.25B$1.79B$1.18B$593M
Revenue growth—+26%+52%+98%—
Gross profit$538M$393M$246M$190M$99.6M
EBITDA$82.1M-$37.4M-$59.5M-$189M-$134M
Net income$12.6M-$16.9M-$13.5M-$23.9M-$6.86M
Free cash flow$737M$788M-$102M$209M-$166M
Capital expenditure$99.0M$79.0M$44.4M$21.3M$17.9M
Total debt$25.8M$31.7M$17.7M$13.6M$0

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

SYM competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-20%0%+20%-20%0%XYLALFA6273002050VACNWWDDOVVLTONDSNIEX6954000651IR7013LECO688082ASM300502688012LIFCO-BSYM6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. SYM is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+10%+20%25×50×75×100×XYLALFA6273002050VACNWWDDOV6954000651IR7013688082ASM300502688012LIFCO-BSYMRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. SYM is the large dot.

SYM competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (SYM vs AUTO.OL vs KGX.DE vs OCDO.L)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
SYM SYM$22.3B-30%+20%1%101.9×n/a
AutoStore AUTO.OL$5.20B+8%+17%33%27.4×18.5%
Kion KGX.DE$5.05B-25%+3%6%10.4×n/a
Ocado OCDO.L$3.73B+77%-42%3%n/a39.1%

How SYM compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

SYM against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureSYMPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-12.5%-5.1%9th lowest of 21
6-month return-29.6%-4.8%2nd lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-58.1%-29.3%2nd lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+20.0%+8.0%4th highest of 21
Operating margin1.4%18.5%lowest of 21
Forward P/E101.9×24.0×most expensive of 21
Net debt / EBITDA-21.0×1.0×least indebted of 16

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
SYM SYMUnited States$22.3B-30%+20%1%101.9×n/an/a
Xylem XYLUnited States$22.4B-14%+2%16%17.4×12.1%+13.1%
Alfa Laval ALFA.STSweden$22.5B0%+4%18%24.2×7.9%+10.9%
Smc 6273.TJapan$21.9B-27%+16%24%15.9×16.2%+8.8%
Zhejiang Sanhua Intelligent Controls 002050.SZChina$21.5B-28%+3%15%33.3×23.8%+20.8%
VAT VACN.SWSwitzerland$19.0B-11%-2%25%48.2×25.8%+9.2%
Woodward WWDUnited States$18.7B-14%+22%16%31.0×18.9%+7.4%
Dover DOVUnited States$27.1B-7%+8%18%17.6×12.2%+3.9%
Veralto VLTOUnited States$28.5B+35%+6%22%24.6×8.3%+4.8%
Nordson NDSNUnited States$17.3B+10%+7%27%24.5×15.4%+5.6%
IDEX IEXUnited States$16.7B+5%+7%21%23.7×14.7%+8.0%
Fanuc 6954.TJapan$31.2B-23%+13%23%22.0×16.9%+9.2%
Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. of Zhuhai 000651.SZChina$31.2B-3%-11%16%8.6×-16.4%0.0%
Ingersoll Rand IRUnited States$31.9B+10%+8%19%21.8×17.3%+14.0%
Ihi 7013.TJapan$15.4B-20%+8%10%12.7×16.7%+8.1%
Lincoln Electric LECOUnited States$14.9B+2%+11%18%22.0×13.3%+9.7%
ACM Research (Shanghai) 688082.SSChina$14.6B+30%+9%15%54.1×n/an/a
ASM International ASM.ASNetherlands$35.5B-28%+13%31%27.0×30.0%+19.0%
Eoptolink Technology 300502.SZChina$36.0B-54%+101%44%12.3×21.7%+65.5%
Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc. China 688012.SSChina$36.5B+1%+26%12%51.5×51.7%+40.3%
Lifco LIFCO-B.STSweden$13.1B+1%+7%19%29.3×15.2%+15.4%

SYM backlog

SYM reported $22.5B of remaining performance obligations at 27 Jun 2026, up 0% from a year earlier and down 1% from the previous quarter. That is 8.5 years of trailing revenue already under contract. Book-to-bill last quarter: 0.72.

Questions

Who are SYM's main competitors?
Named competitors: AutoStore Holdings (AUTO.OL), Dematic (KION Group) (KGX.DE), Ocado Group (OCDO.L), Attabotics (private or unlisted). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Xylem (XYL), Alfa Laval (ALFA.ST), Smc (6273.T), Zhejiang Sanhua Intelligent Controls (002050.SZ), VAT (VACN.SW), Woodward (WWD).
Is SYM expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 101.9× against a peer median of 24.0×, most expensive of 21 in its peer set.
How has SYM stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -29.6% against -4.8% for the median peer; over one year -52.8%.
What is SYM's backlog?
SYM's remaining performance obligations (contracted revenue not yet recognised) were $22.5B at 27 Jun 2026, 0% on a year earlier.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.