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AZZ vs. FELE, BRC, ITT, AOS, ESE, ENS, POWL, PLUG, PPSI, and IPWR

Should you be buying AZZ stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AZZ include Franklin Electric (FELE), Brady (BRC), ITT (ITT), A. O. Smith (AOS), ESCO Technologies (ESE), Enersys (ENS), Powell Industries (POWL), Plug Power (PLUG), Pioneer Power Solutions (PPSI), and Ideal Power (IPWR).

AZZ vs. Its Competitors

Franklin Electric (NASDAQ:FELE) and AZZ (NYSE:AZZ) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

AZZ has a net margin of 16.40% compared to Franklin Electric's net margin of 8.71%. AZZ's return on equity of 15.54% beat Franklin Electric's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Franklin Electric8.71% 14.05% 9.47%
AZZ 16.40%15.54%7.51%

Franklin Electric currently has a consensus price target of $107.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.43%. AZZ has a consensus price target of $112.29, indicating a potential downside of 3.38%. Given Franklin Electric's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Franklin Electric is more favorable than AZZ.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Franklin Electric
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
AZZ
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.90

80.0% of Franklin Electric shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.9% of AZZ shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Franklin Electric shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of AZZ shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Franklin Electric has higher revenue and earnings than AZZ. AZZ is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Franklin Electric, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Franklin Electric$2.02B2.19$180.31M$3.8725.74
AZZ$1.58B2.21$128.83M$8.6313.47

Franklin Electric pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. AZZ pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Franklin Electric pays out 27.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AZZ pays out 9.3% 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. Franklin Electric has raised its dividend for 33 consecutive years. Franklin Electric is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, Franklin Electric had 1 more articles in the media than AZZ. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Franklin Electric and 10 mentions for AZZ. Franklin Electric's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat AZZ's score of 0.67 indicating that Franklin Electric is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Franklin Electric
11 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
AZZ
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Franklin Electric has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AZZ has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Franklin Electric and AZZ tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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AZZ vs. The Competition

MetricAZZMACH IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.36B$24.32B$7.78B$21.16B
Dividend Yield0.72%0.97%4.56%3.59%
P/E Ratio20.2520.2926.1429.15
Price / Sales2.21119.09101.7554.96
Price / Cash10.2220.4728.3723.84
Price / Book3.323.984.095.45
Net Income$128.83M$702.35M$796.69M$992.10M
7 Day Performance3.22%2.92%0.60%2.62%
1 Month Performance5.07%3.34%1.19%2.51%
1 Year Performance46.74%3.35%27.76%12.94%

AZZ Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AZZ
AZZ
4.3133 of 5 stars
$116.21
+4.0%
$112.29
-3.4%
+40.6%$3.36B$1.58B20.253,684
FELE
Franklin Electric
4.593 of 5 stars
$93.04
+1.0%
$107.00
+15.0%
-5.1%$4.10B$2.02B24.046,300Positive News
BRC
Brady
3.1187 of 5 stars
$69.83
-1.2%
N/A+2.0%$3.34B$1.34B17.285,700Positive News
ITT
ITT
4.3324 of 5 stars
$165.75
+0.0%
$179.22
+8.1%
+21.9%$12.92B$3.63B26.0611,700Positive News
Short Interest ↓
AOS
A. O. Smith
4.6803 of 5 stars
$70.55
-0.4%
$77.43
+9.8%
-12.4%$9.93B$3.82B19.6512,700Positive News
ESE
ESCO Technologies
1.9639 of 5 stars
$194.07
+0.4%
$187.50
-3.4%
+59.5%$4.99B$1.03B43.713,281News Coverage
Positive News
ENS
Enersys
4.3063 of 5 stars
$95.36
-0.3%
$118.33
+24.1%
+0.3%$3.58B$3.62B10.8910,858Positive News
POWL
Powell Industries
3.4506 of 5 stars
$264.83
+8.6%
$312.00
+17.8%
+44.3%$2.94B$1.01B18.393,187Positive News
PLUG
Plug Power
3.7289 of 5 stars
$1.60
+5.6%
$1.92
+20.2%
-30.0%$1.73B$628.81M-0.653,224
PPSI
Pioneer Power Solutions
3.9788 of 5 stars
$3.20
-0.3%
$12.00
+275.0%
-12.6%$35.70M$22.88M0.0090Short Interest ↓
IPWR
Ideal Power
0.6026 of 5 stars
$3.86
-4.9%
N/A-42.2%$33.89M$90K-3.197Positive News

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This page (NYSE:AZZ) was last updated on 8/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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