Gates Industrial (GTES) Competitors

Gates Industrial (NYSE:GTES) and Zebra Technologies (NASDAQ:ZBRA) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk and valuation.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of GTES or ZBRA?

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Zebra Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, GTES or ZBRA?

Gates Industrial has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zebra Technologies has a beta of 1.76, meaning that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation & earnings, GTES or ZBRA?

Zebra Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Gates Industrial. Zebra Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gates Industrial, 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
Gates Industrial	$3.41B	1.47	$194.90M	$0.73	26.55
Zebra Technologies	$4.98B	2.60	$528M	$10.18	24.78

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GTES or ZBRA?

Zebra Technologies received 278 more outperform votes than Gates Industrial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.42% of users gave Zebra Technologies an outperform vote while only 55.56% of users gave Gates Industrial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gates Industrial	Outperform Votes 230 55.56%	Underperform Votes 184 44.44%
Zebra Technologies	Outperform Votes 508 63.42%	Underperform Votes 293 36.58%

Do analysts recommend GTES or ZBRA?

Gates Industrial currently has a consensus price target of $22.67, indicating a potential upside of 16.97%. Zebra Technologies has a consensus price target of $321.73, indicating a potential upside of 27.56%. Given Zebra Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Zebra Technologies is more favorable than Gates Industrial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gates Industrial	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Zebra Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is GTES or ZBRA more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gates Industrial	5.72%	9.75%	4.80%
Zebra Technologies	10.60%	18.34%	8.12%

Does the media favor GTES or ZBRA?

In the previous week, Zebra Technologies had 18 more articles in the media than Gates Industrial. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Zebra Technologies and 20 mentions for Gates Industrial. Gates Industrial's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Zebra Technologies' score of 0.78 indicating that Gates Industrial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Gates Industrial	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Zebra Technologies	16 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Zebra Technologies beats Gates Industrial on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.