Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. SPXC scored 71.6, WMS scored 70.6 — SPXC leads.
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SPXC
SPX Technologies, Inc.
Building Products & Equipment · Quality-Growth
71.6
$169.46 · $8.5B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
1.0
SPXC leads
WMS
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
Building Products & Equipment · Quality-Growth
70.6
$125.79 · $9.5B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestWMS21.4x
Fastest growthSPXC+20.6%
Strongest balance sheetSPXC0.26
Highest qualityWMS81 / 100
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
SPXC
stronger →← stronger
WMS
66
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
81
91
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
70
62
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
62
SPXC and WMS split the three pillars evenly.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
SPXC
WMS
$303mC
FCF
$550mC+
+20.6%A-
Rev
+10.4%B
0.26A-
D/E
0.97C+
29.9xB
P/E
21.4xB+
0.95B+
PEG
1.19B+
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
SPXC
WMS
68% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
24% above
~25%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~13%/yr
-50%
1-yr DCF upside
-26%
-41%
5-yr DCF upside
-19%
-25%
10-yr DCF upside
-9%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
SPXC
Why this score
Durable high returns
Diluting shareholders
WMS
Why this score
Buying back stock
Raising its dividend
Durable high returns
The companies
SPXCSPX Technologies, Inc.
Building Products & Equipment · $169.46 · beta 1.24
Why now
Building Products & Equipment · market cap $8.5b. Down 33% from 52-week high of $251.08 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +21%, comfortably above the S&P median. PEG 0.95 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 14 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $253.29 (implying +49% upside).
Moat
ROE 12% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere. FCF converts 109% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Down 33% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up.
WMSAdvanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
Building Products & Equipment · $125.79 · beta 1.29
Why now
Building Products & Equipment · market cap $9.5b. Down 30% from 52-week high of $179.31 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +10%, comfortably above the S&P median. 11 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $182.45 (implying +45% upside).
Moat
Net margin 14% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. ROE 25% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. FCF converts 122% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Mature compounder — the risk is paying up for quality at a moment when growth is decelerating. Watch for sequential revenue + margin trends; the inflection from "compounder" to "ex-compounder" is hard to spot until the multiple already started compressing.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
Generating verdict… typically 5–10 seconds
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Where SPXC and WMS diverge
On the headline score the gap is 1.0 points in favor of SPXC. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
GrowthSPXC 90.6 · WMS 69.9SPXC +20.7
QualitySPXC 65.8 · WMS 80.9WMS +15.1
ValueSPXC 61.7 · WMS 62.2level
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is SPXC or WMS the better stock?
SPXC scores higher: SPXC 71.6, WMS 70.6 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do SPXC and WMS differ most?
The widest gap is growth, where SPXC leads by 21 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. Neither name sweeps: they trade the lead across the three pillars, so the comparison is a trade-off rather than one being better on every measure.
How are SPXC and WMS scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.