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$34.45 +0.49 (+1.44%)
Closing price 05/1/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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ZWS vs. SYM, BWXT, NVT, ESAB, SPXC, MOG.B, CHX, JBTM, WFRD, and WHD

Should you be buying Zurn Elkay Water Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Zurn Elkay Water Solutions include Symbotic (SYM), BWX Technologies (BWXT), nVent Electric (NVT), ESAB (ESAB), SPX Technologies (SPXC), Moog (MOG.B), ChampionX (CHX), JBT Marel (JBTM), Weatherford International (WFRD), and Cactus (WHD). These companies are all part of the "machinery" industry.

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions vs.

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (NYSE:ZWS) and Symbotic (NASDAQ:SYM) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Symbotic. Symbotic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Zurn Elkay Water Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions$1.58B3.66$160.20M$0.9934.80
Symbotic$1.91B6.77-$13.49M-$0.07-314.71

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions has a net margin of 10.23% compared to Symbotic's net margin of -0.38%. Zurn Elkay Water Solutions' return on equity of 14.03% beat Symbotic's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions10.23% 14.03% 8.37%
Symbotic -0.38%5.11%1.23%

Symbotic received 37 more outperform votes than Zurn Elkay Water Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.79% of users gave Symbotic an outperform vote while only 40.30% of users gave Zurn Elkay Water Solutions an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Zurn Elkay Water SolutionsOutperform Votes
27
40.30%
Underperform Votes
40
59.70%
SymboticOutperform Votes
64
50.79%
Underperform Votes
62
49.21%

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions currently has a consensus price target of $36.43, suggesting a potential upside of 5.75%. Symbotic has a consensus price target of $37.20, suggesting a potential upside of 68.86%. Given Symbotic's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Symbotic is more favorable than Zurn Elkay Water Solutions.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43
Symbotic
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.47

83.3% of Zurn Elkay Water Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Zurn Elkay Water Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Symbotic shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Symbotic has a beta of 1.86, suggesting that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Zurn Elkay Water Solutions had 5 more articles in the media than Symbotic. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Zurn Elkay Water Solutions and 9 mentions for Symbotic. Symbotic's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Zurn Elkay Water Solutions' score of 1.01 indicating that Symbotic is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions
9 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Symbotic
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions and Symbotic tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ZWS vs. The Competition

MetricZurn Elkay Water SolutionsGeneral industrial machinery & equipment IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.80B$10.85B$7.20B$18.96B
Dividend Yield1.07%1.43%3.56%4.01%
P/E Ratio37.4416.1821.0232.87
Price / Sales3.662.0081.7628.03
Price / Cash19.2216.7026.9017.52
Price / Book3.694.213.754.47
Net Income$160.20M$539.71M$808.20M$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.83%2.56%3.79%0.59%
1 Month Performance2.92%-7.12%2.19%-3.54%
1 Year Performance8.91%-2.53%14.77%3.80%

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ZWS
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions
1.7666 of 5 stars
$34.45
+1.4%
$36.43
+5.7%
+10.0%$5.80B$1.58B37.442,700Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
Positive News
SYM
Symbotic
2.8714 of 5 stars
$19.62
-3.9%
$37.20
+89.6%
-42.7%$11.54B$1.91B-280.251,120Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
BWXT
BWX Technologies
3.5847 of 5 stars
$100.49
-3.1%
$124.38
+23.8%
+16.5%$9.18B$2.70B33.277,000Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
Positive News
NVT
nVent Electric
4.3573 of 5 stars
$48.33
-3.0%
$69.00
+42.8%
-20.7%$7.96B$3.01B24.6610,400Earnings Report
News Coverage
Positive News
ESAB
ESAB
2.6659 of 5 stars
$110.12
-2.9%
$133.75
+21.5%
+16.7%$6.68B$2.74B25.499,280Earnings Report
Short Interest ↑
Positive News
SPXC
SPX Technologies
3.4377 of 5 stars
$124.14
-3.3%
$174.75
+40.8%
+12.0%$5.81B$1.98B33.373,300Earnings Report
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
MOG.B
Moog
N/A$164.49
+2.5%
N/A+6.5%$5.20B$3.66B25.0414,000Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
CHX
ChampionX
3.3994 of 5 stars
$24.99
-1.7%
$36.50
+46.1%
-26.1%$4.77B$3.63B15.157,300Earnings Report
News Coverage
Positive News
JBTM
JBT Marel
3.3794 of 5 stars
$91.65
-2.8%
$143.00
+56.0%
N/A$4.76B$1.72B17.005,100
WFRD
Weatherford International
4.2855 of 5 stars
$44.29
-5.1%
$103.75
+134.3%
-64.1%$3.23B$5.51B6.5917,700Short Interest ↑
WHD
Cactus
4.0551 of 5 stars
$36.90
-2.4%
$53.80
+45.8%
-19.7%$2.94B$1.13B13.091,200Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up

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