AZZ (AZZ) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, AZZ or XPEL?

AZZ has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XPEL has a beta of 1.83, meaning that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AZZ or XPEL?

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 55.56% of users gave XPEL an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AZZ	Outperform Votes 304 55.58%	Underperform Votes 243 44.42%
XPEL	Outperform Votes 45 55.56%	Underperform Votes 36 44.44%

Do analysts rate AZZ or XPEL?

AZZ presently has a consensus target price of $100.71, suggesting a potential upside of 11.14%. XPEL has a consensus target price of $58.00, suggesting a potential upside of 94.17%. Given XPEL's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe XPEL is more favorable than AZZ.

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

Is AZZ or XPEL 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
AZZ	7.94%	16.99%	6.94%
XPEL	11.61%	24.68%	18.58%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, AZZ or XPEL?

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
AZZ	$1.58B	1.72	$101.61M	$1.59	56.99
XPEL	$420.40M	1.96	$52.80M	$1.64	18.21

Does the media favor AZZ or XPEL?

In the previous week, AZZ had 16 more articles in the media than XPEL. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for AZZ and 3 mentions for XPEL. AZZ's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat XPEL's score of 0.63 indicating that AZZ is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AZZ	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
XPEL	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in AZZ or XPEL?

90.9% of AZZ shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.1% of XPEL shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of AZZ shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of XPEL shares are held 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.

Summary

AZZ beats XPEL on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.