GTES vs. ZBRA, ZWS, EFXT, GHM, TWIN, GTEC, STRCW, ITW, IR, and WSO.B
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), Palladyne AI (STRCW), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Ingersoll Rand (IR), and Watsco (WSO.B).
Zebra Technologies (NASDAQ:ZBRA) and Gates Industrial (NYSE:GTES) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
Gates Industrial has a net margin of 6.97% compared to Gates Industrial's net margin of 5.99%. Gates Industrial's return on equity of 13.05% beat Zebra Technologies' return on equity.
91.0% of Zebra Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.5% of Gates Industrial shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Zebra Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Gates Industrial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Zebra Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $327.67, indicating a potential upside of 0.52%. Gates Industrial has a consensus price target of $19.13, indicating a potential upside of 7.20%. Given Zebra Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Gates Industrial is more favorable than Zebra Technologies.
Zebra Technologies received 280 more outperform votes than Gates Industrial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.15% of users gave Zebra Technologies an outperform vote while only 54.64% 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.
In the previous week, Zebra Technologies had 17 more articles in the media than Gates Industrial. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Zebra Technologies and 4 mentions for Gates Industrial. Zebra Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Gates Industrial's score of 0.64 indicating that Gates Industrial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Zebra Technologies has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gates Industrial has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Zebra Technologies beats Gates Industrial on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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