ZBRA vs. ZWS, GTES, GHM, TWIN, GTEC, IR, PKG, IEX, NDSN, and AMCR
Should you be buying Zebra Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Zebra Technologies include Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS), Gates Industrial (GTES), Graham (GHM), Twin Disc (TWIN), Greenland Technologies (GTEC), Ingersoll Rand (IR), Packaging Co. of America (PKG), IDEX (IEX), Nordson (NDSN), and Amcor (AMCR).
Zebra Technologies (NASDAQ:ZBRA) and Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (NYSE:ZWS) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Zebra Technologies had 19 more articles in the media than Zurn Elkay Water Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Zebra Technologies and 3 mentions for Zurn Elkay Water Solutions. Zurn Elkay Water Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Zebra Technologies' score of 0.75 indicating that Zurn Elkay Water Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Zebra Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $312.27, suggesting a potential downside of 1.77%. Zurn Elkay Water Solutions has a consensus price target of $33.50, suggesting a potential upside of 2.98%. Given Zurn Elkay Water Solutions' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Zurn Elkay Water Solutions is more favorable than Zebra Technologies.
Zebra Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Zurn Elkay Water Solutions. Zurn Elkay Water Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Zebra Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions has a net margin of 8.11% compared to Zebra Technologies' net margin of 5.99%. Zebra Technologies' return on equity of 13.05% beat Zurn Elkay Water Solutions' return on equity.
Zebra Technologies has a beta of 1.76, suggesting that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zurn Elkay Water Solutions has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Zebra Technologies received 469 more outperform votes than Zurn Elkay Water Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.18% of users gave Zebra Technologies an outperform vote while only 41.51% of users gave Zurn Elkay Water Solutions an outperform vote.
91.0% of Zebra Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.3% of Zurn Elkay Water Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Zebra Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Zurn Elkay Water Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Zebra Technologies beats Zurn Elkay Water Solutions on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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