ZBRA vs. XRX, IR, ZWS, GTES, EFXT, GHM, TWIN, GTEC, INLF, and STRCW
Should you be buying Zebra Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Zebra Technologies include Xerox (XRX), Ingersoll Rand (IR), Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS), Gates Industrial (GTES), Enerflex (EFXT), Graham (GHM), Twin Disc (TWIN), Greenland Technologies (GTEC), INLIF (INLF), and Palladyne AI (STRCW).
Zebra Technologies vs.
Zebra Technologies (NASDAQ:ZBRA) and Xerox (NYSE:XRX) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
In the previous week, Zebra Technologies had 7 more articles in the media than Xerox. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Zebra Technologies and 10 mentions for Xerox. Zebra Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat Xerox's score of 1.11 indicating that Zebra Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Zebra Technologies has a beta of 1.74, meaning that its stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xerox has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Zebra Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Xerox. Xerox is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Zebra Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Zebra Technologies has a net margin of 10.60% compared to Xerox's net margin of -21.24%. Zebra Technologies' return on equity of 18.34% beat Xerox's return on equity.
Zebra Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $321.73, indicating a potential upside of 9.47%. Xerox has a consensus price target of $9.50, indicating a potential upside of 83.22%. Given Xerox's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Xerox is more favorable than Zebra Technologies.
Zebra Technologies received 46 more outperform votes than Xerox when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.34% of users gave Zebra Technologies an outperform vote while only 53.78% of users gave Xerox an outperform vote.
91.0% of Zebra Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.4% of Xerox shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Zebra Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Xerox shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Zebra Technologies beats Xerox on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ZBRA) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff