RS vs. ZBRA, AVY, AXON, AMCR, TS, HUBB, BALL, IEX, PKG, and NDSN
Should you be buying Reliance Steel & Aluminum stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Reliance Steel & Aluminum include Zebra Technologies (ZBRA), Avery Dennison (AVY), Axon Enterprise (AXON), Amcor (AMCR), Tenaris (TS), Hubbell (HUBB), Ball (BALL), IDEX (IEX), Packaging Co. of America (PKG), and Nordson (NDSN). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Reliance Steel & Aluminum vs.
Zebra Technologies (NASDAQ:ZBRA) and Reliance Steel & Aluminum (NYSE:RS) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
Zebra Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $373.88, indicating a potential upside of 22.49%. Reliance Steel & Aluminum has a consensus target price of $261.20, indicating a potential upside of 3.04%. Given Zebra Technologies' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Zebra Technologies is more favorable than Reliance Steel & Aluminum.
Reliance Steel & Aluminum has a net margin of 10.81% compared to Zebra Technologies' net margin of 8.01%. Zebra Technologies' return on equity of 31.19% beat Reliance Steel & Aluminum's return on equity.
Zebra Technologies received 12 more outperform votes than Reliance Steel & Aluminum when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.98% of users gave Zebra Technologies an outperform vote while only 64.94% of users gave Reliance Steel & Aluminum an outperform vote.
Reliance Steel & Aluminum has higher revenue and earnings than Zebra Technologies. Reliance Steel & Aluminum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Zebra Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Zebra Technologies has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Reliance Steel & Aluminum has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Zebra Technologies had 5 more articles in the media than Reliance Steel & Aluminum. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Zebra Technologies and 6 mentions for Reliance Steel & Aluminum. Zebra Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Reliance Steel & Aluminum's score of 0.45 indicating that Zebra Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
85.2% of Zebra Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.7% of Reliance Steel & Aluminum shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Zebra Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Reliance Steel & Aluminum 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.
Summary
Zebra Technologies beats Reliance Steel & Aluminum on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding RS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
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.
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Competitors List
