Solaris Energy Infrastructure (SEI) Competitors

Solaris Energy Infrastructure (NYSE:SEI) and Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor (NYSE:ZWS) are both machinery companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.

Do analysts prefer SEI or ZWS?

Solaris Energy Infrastructure currently has a consensus target price of $43.67, indicating a potential upside of 64.90%. Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor has a consensus target price of $38.00, indicating a potential downside of 17.28%. Given Solaris Energy Infrastructure's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Solaris Energy Infrastructure is more favorable than Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Solaris Energy Infrastructure	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.17
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is SEI or ZWS more profitable?

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor has a net margin of 10.78% compared to Solaris Energy Infrastructure's net margin of 4.99%. Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor's return on equity of 15.23% beat Solaris Energy Infrastructure's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Solaris Energy Infrastructure	4.99%	7.66%	4.29%
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor	10.78%	15.23%	9.02%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in SEI or ZWS?

67.4% of Solaris Energy Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.3% of Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor shares are held by institutional investors. 21.2% of Solaris Energy Infrastructure shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is SEI or ZWS a better dividend stock?

Solaris Energy Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Solaris Energy Infrastructure pays out 81.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor pays out 35.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, SEI or ZWS?

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor has higher revenue and earnings than Solaris Energy Infrastructure. Solaris Energy Infrastructure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor, 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
Solaris Energy Infrastructure	$313.09M	5.72	$15.81M	$0.59	44.88
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor	$1.57B	4.91	$160.20M	$1.01	45.48

Which has more volatility & risk, SEI or ZWS?

Solaris Energy Infrastructure has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to SEI or ZWS?

In the previous week, Solaris Energy Infrastructure had 4 more articles in the media than Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Solaris Energy Infrastructure and 7 mentions for Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor. Solaris Energy Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor's score of 1.49 indicating that Solaris Energy Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Solaris Energy Infrastructure	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Solaris Energy Infrastructure beats Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.