Head-To-Head Review: Atos Origin (OTCMKTS:AEXAF) & JBT Marel (NYSE:JBTM)

Atos Origin (OTCMKTS:AEXAF) and JBT Marel (NYSE:JBTM) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Atos Origin and JBT Marel, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Atos Origin	0	0	0	0	0.00
JBT Marel	0	1	2	1	3.00

JBT Marel has a consensus target price of $174.50, indicating a potential upside of 31.65%. Given JBT Marel’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe JBT Marel is more favorable than Atos Origin.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Atos Origin and JBT Marel”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Atos Origin	$10.36 billion	0.42	$268.36 million	N/A	N/A
JBT Marel	$3.80 billion	1.82	-$50.50 million	($1.01)	-131.23

Atos Origin has higher revenue and earnings than JBT Marel.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Atos Origin	N/A	N/A	N/A
JBT Marel	-1.33%	7.68%	4.08%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

98.9% of JBT Marel shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of JBT Marel shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

JBT Marel beats Atos Origin on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Atos Origin

Atos SE provides digital transformation solutions and services worldwide. It offers advanced computing solutions; analytics, artificial intelligence, and automation solutions; cloud solutions; customer journey analytics and digital customer experience; decarbonization solutions; digital consulting; digital workplace solutions; edge computing and Internet of things solutions; and modern applications and platforms. The company also provides advance detection and response, data protection and governance, digital workplace security, IoT and OT security, trusted digital identities, and cybersecurity solutions; and infrastructure and foundation services. It serves financial services and insurance, healthcare and life sciences, manufacturing, public sector and defense, resources and services, and telecommunication and media industries. The company was incorporated in 1982 and is headquartered in Bezons, France.

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.