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AZTA vs. CHX, WFRD, WHD, ATS, HAYW, HSAI, EPAC, SEI, DNOW, and FLOC

Should you be buying Azenta stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Azenta include ChampionX (CHX), Weatherford International (WFRD), Cactus (WHD), ATS (ATS), Hayward (HAYW), Hesai Group (HSAI), Enerpac Tool Group (EPAC), Solaris Energy Infrastructure (SEI), DNOW (DNOW), and Flowco (FLOC). These companies are all part of the "machinery" industry.

Azenta vs. Its Competitors

ChampionX (NASDAQ:CHX) and Azenta (NASDAQ:AZTA) are both machinery companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.

99.0% of ChampionX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.1% of Azenta shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of ChampionX shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.6% of Azenta shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

ChampionX has a net margin of 8.20% compared to Azenta's net margin of -10.31%. ChampionX's return on equity of 19.25% beat Azenta's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ChampionX8.20% 19.25% 10.25%
Azenta -10.31%1.30%1.10%

ChampionX has higher revenue and earnings than Azenta. Azenta is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ChampionX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ChampionX$3.63B1.38$320.27M$1.5117.31
Azenta$656.32M2.19-$164.17M-$1.39-22.61

ChampionX presently has a consensus target price of $37.67, suggesting a potential upside of 44.12%. Azenta has a consensus target price of $50.67, suggesting a potential upside of 61.18%. Given Azenta's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Azenta is more favorable than ChampionX.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
ChampionX
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Azenta
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

ChampionX has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Azenta has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, ChampionX and ChampionX both had 3 articles in the media. Azenta's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat ChampionX's score of 1.25 indicating that Azenta is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
ChampionX
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Azenta
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

ChampionX beats Azenta on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AZTA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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AZTA vs. The Competition

MetricAzentaMEDICAL INFO SYS IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.52B$2.00B$5.53B$9.04B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A5.24%4.01%
P/E Ratio-22.6135.8727.6620.25
Price / Sales2.1910.81416.07118.18
Price / Cash7.3155.8736.8958.07
Price / Book0.878.708.035.67
Net Income-$164.17M-$62.39M$3.18B$249.21M
7 Day Performance2.76%2.58%2.92%3.28%
1 Month Performance11.07%3.01%3.72%5.55%
1 Year Performance-39.85%4.06%35.14%21.08%

Azenta Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AZTA
Azenta
3.4817 of 5 stars
$31.43
-4.3%
$50.67
+61.2%
-39.5%$1.52B$656.32M-22.613,300News Coverage
Positive News
CHX
ChampionX
3.5308 of 5 stars
$24.84
-0.5%
$37.67
+51.6%
-21.7%$4.78B$3.63B16.457,100News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
WFRD
Weatherford International
4.4557 of 5 stars
$50.31
+0.5%
$96.63
+92.1%
-56.8%$3.63B$5.51B8.0519,000Positive News
WHD
Cactus
4.0035 of 5 stars
$43.76
-1.3%
$52.33
+19.6%
-12.8%$3.54B$1.13B15.571,600News Coverage
ATS
ATS
0.7644 of 5 stars
$31.92
+0.7%
$30.50
-4.4%
+0.5%$3.10B$1.82B-168.007,500Analyst Upgrade
HAYW
Hayward
3.4269 of 5 stars
$13.78
-0.2%
$17.13
+24.3%
+16.3%$2.99B$1.05B25.052,080Trending News
HSAI
Hesai Group
1.7915 of 5 stars
$21.95
-0.2%
$24.43
+11.3%
+378.6%$2.89B$284.57M-731.671,142
EPAC
Enerpac Tool Group
4.4526 of 5 stars
$40.57
-2.3%
$53.00
+30.6%
-0.9%$2.25B$589.51M24.892,000Analyst Upgrade
High Trading Volume
SEI
Solaris Energy Infrastructure
4.8773 of 5 stars
$28.60
-1.3%
$42.56
+48.8%
N/A$1.93B$371.53M65.00338Positive News
DNOW
DNOW
4.2335 of 5 stars
$14.83
-6.3%
$18.50
+24.7%
+4.4%$1.67B$2.37B20.042,575High Trading Volume
FLOC
Flowco
N/A$17.84
-0.1%
$32.40
+81.6%
N/A$1.62B$535.28M9.701,283

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This page (NASDAQ:AZTA) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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