Azenta (AZTA) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend AZTA or CHX?

Azenta presently has a consensus price target of $50.67, indicating a potential upside of 84.38%. ChampionX has a consensus price target of $37.67, indicating a potential upside of 52.93%. Given Azenta's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Azenta is more favorable than ChampionX.

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

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, AZTA or CHX?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Azenta	$669.17M	1.88	-$164.17M	-$1.39	-19.77
ChampionX	$3.58B	1.32	$320.27M	$1.51	16.31

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AZTA or CHX?

ChampionX received 2 more outperform votes than Azenta when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.00% of users gave ChampionX an outperform vote while only 43.10% of users gave Azenta an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Azenta	Outperform Votes 25 43.10%	Underperform Votes 33 56.90%
ChampionX	Outperform Votes 27 54.00%	Underperform Votes 23 46.00%

Does the media favor AZTA or CHX?

In the previous week, ChampionX had 6 more articles in the media than Azenta. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for ChampionX and 6 mentions for Azenta. ChampionX's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Azenta's score of 1.64 indicating that ChampionX is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Azenta	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
ChampionX	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in AZTA or CHX?

99.1% of Azenta shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of ChampionX shares are held by institutional investors. 10.6% of Azenta shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of ChampionX shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is AZTA or CHX a better dividend stock?

Azenta pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. ChampionX pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Azenta pays out -7.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ChampionX pays out 25.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. ChampionX has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. ChampionX is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is AZTA or CHX more profitable?

ChampionX has a net margin of 8.81% compared to Azenta's net margin of -24.91%. ChampionX's return on equity of 19.84% beat Azenta's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Azenta	-24.91%	1.25%	1.06%
ChampionX	8.81%	19.84%	10.40%

Which has more risk and volatility, AZTA or CHX?

Azenta has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ChampionX has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

ChampionX beats Azenta on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.