DNOW (DNOW) Competitors

DNOW (NYSE:DNOW) and Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (NYSE:ZWS) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking and media sentiment.

Do analysts prefer DNOW or ZWS?

DNOW currently has a consensus price target of $17.50, indicating a potential upside of 16.71%. Zurn Elkay Water Solutions has a consensus price target of $36.29, indicating a potential downside of 0.58%. Given DNOW's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe DNOW is more favorable than Zurn Elkay Water Solutions.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DNOW	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, DNOW or ZWS?

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions has lower revenue, but higher earnings than DNOW. DNOW is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Zurn Elkay Water Solutions, 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
DNOW	$2.41B	0.66	$81M	$0.74	20.26
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions	$1.58B	3.88	$160.20M	$0.99	36.87

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DNOW or ZWS?

DNOW received 284 more outperform votes than Zurn Elkay Water Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.71% of users gave DNOW an outperform vote while only 39.71% of users gave Zurn Elkay Water Solutions an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DNOW	Outperform Votes 311 52.71%	Underperform Votes 279 47.29%
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions	Outperform Votes 27 39.71%	Underperform Votes 41 60.29%

Which has more volatility & risk, DNOW or ZWS?

DNOW has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zurn Elkay Water Solutions has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in DNOW or ZWS?

97.6% of DNOW shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.3% of Zurn Elkay Water Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of DNOW shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Zurn Elkay Water Solutions shares are held 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.

Does the media favor DNOW or ZWS?

In the previous week, Zurn Elkay Water Solutions had 5 more articles in the media than DNOW. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Zurn Elkay Water Solutions and 10 mentions for DNOW. DNOW's average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat Zurn Elkay Water Solutions' score of 1.18 indicating that DNOW is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DNOW	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions	10 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is DNOW or ZWS more profitable?

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions has a net margin of 10.23% compared to DNOW's net margin of 3.41%. Zurn Elkay Water Solutions' return on equity of 14.03% beat DNOW's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DNOW	3.41%	9.04%	6.28%
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions	10.23%	14.03%	8.37%

Summary

DNOW and Zurn Elkay Water Solutions tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.