GTES vs. ZBRA, ZWS, EFXT, GHM, TWIN, GTEC, INLF, STRCW, ITW, and IR
Should you be buying Gates Industrial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gates Industrial include Zebra Technologies (ZBRA), Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS), Enerflex (EFXT), Graham (GHM), Twin Disc (TWIN), Greenland Technologies (GTEC), INLIF (INLF), Palladyne AI (STRCW), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), and Ingersoll Rand (IR).
Gates Industrial vs.
Gates Industrial (NYSE:GTES) and Zebra Technologies (NASDAQ:ZBRA) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Zebra Technologies received 275 more outperform votes than Gates Industrial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.34% of users gave Zebra Technologies an outperform vote while only 55.74% of users gave Gates Industrial an outperform vote.
Zebra Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Gates Industrial. Gates Industrial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Zebra Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gates Industrial currently has a consensus price target of $22.89, suggesting a potential upside of 8.93%. Zebra Technologies has a consensus price target of $321.73, suggesting a potential upside of 11.57%. Given Zebra Technologies' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Zebra Technologies is more favorable than Gates Industrial.
In the previous week, Zebra Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than Gates Industrial. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Zebra Technologies and 16 mentions for Gates Industrial. Zebra Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat Gates Industrial's score of 1.63 indicating that Zebra Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
98.5% of Gates Industrial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.0% of Zebra Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Gates Industrial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Zebra Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Zebra Technologies has a net margin of 10.60% compared to Gates Industrial's net margin of 5.72%. Zebra Technologies' return on equity of 18.34% beat Gates Industrial's return on equity.
Gates Industrial has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zebra Technologies has a beta of 1.74, suggesting that its stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Zebra Technologies beats Gates Industrial on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:GTES) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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