XRX vs. ZBRA, CRSR, SSYS, MITK, EVLV, IMMR, RDCM, ALOT, INVE, and MKFG
Should you be buying Xerox stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Xerox include Zebra Technologies (ZBRA), Corsair Gaming (CRSR), Stratasys (SSYS), Mitek Systems (MITK), Evolv Technologies (EVLV), Immersion (IMMR), RADCOM (RDCM), AstroNova (ALOT), Identiv (INVE), and Markforged (MKFG).
Zebra Technologies (NASDAQ:ZBRA) and Xerox (NYSE:XRX) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and dividends.
Zebra Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Xerox. Xerox 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, meaning that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xerox has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Zebra Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $327.67, suggesting a potential upside of 0.52%. Xerox has a consensus price target of $13.33, suggesting a potential upside of 20.88%. Given Zebra Technologies' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Xerox is more favorable than Zebra Technologies.
91.0% of Zebra Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.4% of Xerox shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Zebra Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Xerox shares are owned 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 received 37 more outperform votes than Xerox when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.15% of users gave Zebra Technologies an outperform vote while only 54.10% of users gave Xerox an outperform vote.
Zebra Technologies has a net margin of 5.99% compared to Zebra Technologies' net margin of -2.74%. Xerox's return on equity of 13.05% beat Zebra Technologies' return on equity.
In the previous week, Xerox had 9 more articles in the media than Zebra Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Xerox and 21 mentions for Zebra Technologies. Xerox's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Zebra Technologies' score of 0.32 indicating that Zebra Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Zebra Technologies beats Xerox on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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