AZZ (AZZ) Competitors

XPEL (NASDAQ:XPEL) and AZZ (NYSE:AZZ) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in XPEL or AZZ?

75.1% of XPEL shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.9% of AZZ shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.5% of XPEL shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of AZZ shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer XPEL or AZZ?

XPEL currently has a consensus price target of $58.00, indicating a potential upside of 58.82%. AZZ has a consensus price target of $100.71, indicating a potential upside of 11.16%. Given XPEL's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe XPEL is more favorable than AZZ.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
XPEL	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
AZZ	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer XPEL or AZZ?

AZZ received 259 more outperform votes than XPEL when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.58% of users gave AZZ an outperform vote while only 54.88% of users gave XPEL an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
XPEL	Outperform Votes 45 54.88%	Underperform Votes 37 45.12%
AZZ	Outperform Votes 304 55.58%	Underperform Votes 243 44.42%

Does the media refer more to XPEL or AZZ?

In the previous week, XPEL and XPEL both had 6 articles in the media. AZZ's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat XPEL's score of 0.92 indicating that AZZ is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
XPEL	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AZZ	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is XPEL or AZZ more profitable?

XPEL has a net margin of 11.61% compared to AZZ's net margin of 7.94%. XPEL's return on equity of 24.68% beat AZZ's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
XPEL	11.61%	24.68%	18.58%
AZZ	7.94%	16.99%	6.94%

Which has more risk & volatility, XPEL or AZZ?

XPEL has a beta of 1.83, suggesting that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AZZ has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, XPEL or AZZ?

AZZ has higher revenue and earnings than XPEL. XPEL is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AZZ, 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
XPEL	$434.10M	2.33	$52.80M	$1.71	21.36
AZZ	$1.58B	1.72	$101.61M	$1.59	56.98

Summary

XPEL and AZZ tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.