AZTA vs. BRC, ACLS, VECO, CRCT, ACMR, ERII, DM, MNTX, IVAC, and ASYS
Should you be buying Azenta stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Azenta include Brady (BRC), Axcelis Technologies (ACLS), Veeco Instruments (VECO), Cricut (CRCT), ACM Research (ACMR), Energy Recovery (ERII), Desktop Metal (DM), Manitex International (MNTX), Intevac (IVAC), and Amtech Systems (ASYS).
Brady (NYSE:BRC) and Azenta (NASDAQ:AZTA) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.
In the previous week, Azenta had 1 more articles in the media than Brady. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Azenta and 3 mentions for Brady. Azenta's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Brady's score of 1.07 indicating that Brady is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Brady received 349 more outperform votes than Azenta when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.55% of users gave Brady an outperform vote while only 39.58% of users gave Azenta an outperform vote.
Brady has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Azenta has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Brady presently has a consensus target price of $65.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.80%. Azenta has a consensus target price of $68.40, indicating a potential upside of 27.85%. Given Brady's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Azenta is more favorable than Brady.
76.3% of Brady shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.1% of Azenta shares are held by institutional investors. 15.6% of Brady shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Azenta shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Brady has higher revenue and earnings than Azenta. Azenta is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brady, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Brady has a net margin of 14.22% compared to Brady's net margin of -23.12%. Azenta's return on equity of 19.61% beat Brady's return on equity.
Summary
Brady beats Azenta on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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