Flowco (FLOC) Competitors $18.16 -0.10 (-0.55%) As of 05/22/2025 03:58 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsTrendsBuy This Stock FLOC vs. ZWS, JBTM, MOG.B, CHX, WFRD, WHD, HAYW, ATS, EPAC, and HSAIShould you be buying Flowco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Flowco include Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS), JBT Marel (JBTM), Moog (MOG.B), ChampionX (CHX), Weatherford International (WFRD), Cactus (WHD), Hayward (HAYW), ATS (ATS), Enerpac Tool Group (EPAC), and Hesai Group (HSAI). These companies are all part of the "machinery" industry. Flowco vs. Zurn Elkay Water Solutions JBT Marel Moog ChampionX Weatherford International Cactus Hayward ATS Enerpac Tool Group Hesai Group Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (NYSE:ZWS) and Flowco (NYSE:FLOC) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, profitability and institutional ownership. Is ZWS or FLOC more profitable? Zurn Elkay Water Solutions has a net margin of 10.23% compared to Flowco's net margin of 0.00%. Zurn Elkay Water Solutions' return on equity of 14.03% beat Flowco's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Zurn Elkay Water Solutions10.23% 14.03% 8.37% Flowco N/A N/A N/A Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ZWS or FLOC? 83.3% of Zurn Elkay Water Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Zurn Elkay Water Solutions shares are held 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. Is ZWS or FLOC a better dividend stock? Zurn Elkay Water Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Flowco pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Zurn Elkay Water Solutions pays out 36.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Flowco pays out 17.4% 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. Zurn Elkay Water Solutions has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Flowco is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. Does the media prefer ZWS or FLOC? In the previous week, Flowco had 1 more articles in the media than Zurn Elkay Water Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Flowco and 10 mentions for Zurn Elkay Water Solutions. Zurn Elkay Water Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Flowco's score of -0.01 indicating that Zurn Elkay Water Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Zurn Elkay Water Solutions 8 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Flowco 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 10 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Does the MarketBeat Community favor ZWS or FLOC? Zurn Elkay Water Solutions received 18 more outperform votes than Flowco when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 90.00% of users gave Flowco an outperform vote while only 39.71% of users gave Zurn Elkay Water Solutions an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformZurn Elkay Water SolutionsOutperform Votes2739.71% Underperform Votes4160.29% FlowcoOutperform Votes990.00% Underperform Votes110.00% Which has better valuation and earnings, ZWS or FLOC? Flowco has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Zurn Elkay Water Solutions. Flowco 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioZurn Elkay Water Solutions$1.58B3.81$160.20M$0.9936.13Flowco$660.92M2.49$166.60M$1.849.87 Do analysts recommend ZWS or FLOC? Zurn Elkay Water Solutions presently has a consensus price target of $36.29, suggesting a potential upside of 1.44%. Flowco has a consensus price target of $32.40, suggesting a potential upside of 78.41%. Given Flowco's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Flowco is more favorable than Zurn Elkay Water Solutions.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Zurn Elkay Water Solutions 0 Sell rating(s) 4 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.43Flowco 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 5 Buy rating(s) 2 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.29 SummaryZurn Elkay Water Solutions beats Flowco on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Flowco News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for FLOC and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart FLOC vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricFlowcoOil & gas field machinery IndustryManufacturing SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$1.64B$3.74B$2.04B$19.30BDividend Yield1.67%2.03%2.64%3.83%P/E Ratio9.8711.1622.9234.53Price / Sales2.491.3560.7134.83Price / CashN/A10.5851.7217.51Price / BookN/A1.662.064.69Net Income$166.60M$161.92M-$292.00M$1.02B7 Day Performance-4.77%-3.62%-0.39%-2.43%1 Month Performance-4.22%9.28%8.96%6.27%1 Year PerformanceN/A0.75%13.38%5.78% Flowco Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)FLOCFlowco3.1416 of 5 stars$18.16-0.5%$32.40+78.4%N/A$1.64B$660.92M9.871,270Gap UpZWSZurn Elkay Water Solutions2.0538 of 5 stars$37.22+0.6%$36.43-2.1%+11.1%$6.26B$1.58B40.452,700Positive NewsEx-DividendJBTMJBT Marel2.6363 of 5 stars$118.61+0.1%$143.00+20.6%N/A$6.16B$2.18B22.015,100Dividend AnnouncementGap DownMOG.BMoogN/A$183.14+8.1%N/A+5.8%$5.79B$3.67B27.8714,000CHXChampionX3.7382 of 5 stars$25.61-1.5%$37.67+47.1%-25.5%$4.91B$3.58B15.537,300Positive NewsWFRDWeatherford International4.6308 of 5 stars$48.12-0.7%$96.63+100.8%-60.8%$3.49B$5.35B7.1517,700News CoveragePositive NewsWHDCactus4.2691 of 5 stars$43.08-1.7%$52.33+21.5%-17.6%$3.43B$1.14B15.281,200Analyst RevisionHAYWHayward3.9707 of 5 stars$14.35+0.0%$17.13+19.4%-6.0%$3.10B$1.07B34.082,000ATSATS1.3592 of 5 stars$27.67-0.3%$30.50+10.2%-20.7%$2.71B$2.75B41.977,000EPACEnerpac Tool Group3.2989 of 5 stars$45.25+0.3%$53.00+17.1%+12.7%$2.45B$599.83M27.572,200Positive NewsGap UpHSAIHesai Group1.1949 of 5 stars$17.54+1.1%$22.80+30.0%+357.3%$2.29B$2.08B-39.601,122Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsGap Up Related Companies and Tools Related Companies ZWS Competitors JBTM Competitors MOG.B Competitors CHX Competitors WFRD Competitors WHD Competitors HAYW Competitors ATS Competitors EPAC Competitors HSAI Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:FLOC) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMarket Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stockstock Market Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stocks The market is in freefall—and Trump's new tarif...American Alternative | SponsoredWhite House to reset Social Security?Elon Musk's parting DOGE gift looks set to shock America... 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