Critical Survey: Thermwood (OTCMKTS:TOOD) and JBT Marel (NYSE:JBTM)

Thermwood (OTCMKTS:TOOD) and JBT Marel (NYSE:JBTM) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Risk and Volatility

Thermwood has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its share price is 42% less 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.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

98.9% of JBT Marel shares are owned by institutional investors. 67.6% of Thermwood shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of JBT Marel shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Thermwood	N/A	N/A	N/A
JBT Marel	10.25%	10.16%	5.68%

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Thermwood	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
JBT Marel	$1.66 billion	2.45	$582.60 million	$5.39	23.72

JBT Marel has higher revenue and earnings than Thermwood.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for Thermwood and JBT Marel, as provided by MarketBeat.

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

JBT Marel has a consensus price target of $143.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.85%. Given JBT Marel’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe JBT Marel is more favorable than Thermwood.

Summary

JBT Marel beats Thermwood on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Thermwood

Thermwood Corporation develops, manufacturers, and distributes technology based products and software for the manufacturing sector. It offers three axis CNC routers, such as cabinetshop series, multi-purpose three axis series, framebuilder series, carvingshop series, and signrouter series; multi-purpose five axis series for trimming formed parts, patterns, or molds; and edge banders. The company markets its products and services through offices in 11 countries. Thermwood Corporation was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Dale, Indiana.

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.