ZBRA vs. CG, CGNX, CSQ, LFUS, MKSI, TRMB, TROW, DOV, ITT, and KKR
Should you be buying Zebra Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Zebra Technologies include Carlyle Group (CG), Cognex (CGNX), Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund (CSQ), Littelfuse (LFUS), MKS (MKSI), Trimble (TRMB), T. Rowe Price Group (TROW), Dover (DOV), ITT (ITT), and KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR).
Zebra Technologies vs. Its Competitors
Zebra Technologies (NASDAQ:ZBRA) and Carlyle Group (NASDAQ:CG) are related large-cap companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, dividends and valuation.
Carlyle Group has higher revenue and earnings than Zebra Technologies. Carlyle Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Zebra Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
91.0% of Zebra Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.9% of Carlyle Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Zebra Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.3% of Carlyle Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Zebra Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $369.56, suggesting a potential upside of 27.88%. Carlyle Group has a consensus target price of $61.47, suggesting a potential upside of 3.13%. Given Zebra Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Zebra Technologies is more favorable than Carlyle Group.
Zebra Technologies has a beta of 1.75, indicating that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carlyle Group has a beta of 2, indicating that its share price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Zebra Technologies had 6 more articles in the media than Carlyle Group. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Zebra Technologies and 20 mentions for Carlyle Group. Carlyle Group's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Zebra Technologies' score of 0.71 indicating that Carlyle Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Carlyle Group has a net margin of 20.22% compared to Zebra Technologies' net margin of 10.56%. Carlyle Group's return on equity of 23.60% beat Zebra Technologies' return on equity.
Summary
Carlyle Group beats Zebra Technologies on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ZBRA) was last updated on 10/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff