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Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor (ZWS) Competitors

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$45.86 -0.69 (-1.47%)
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ZWS vs. FBIN, ITT, MAS, PH, PNR, WTS, SYM, BWXT, NVT, and SPXC

Should you be buying Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor include Fortune Brands Innovations (FBIN), ITT (ITT), Masco (MAS), Parker-Hannifin (PH), Pentair (PNR), Watts Water Technologies (WTS), Symbotic (SYM), BWX Technologies (BWXT), nVent Electric (NVT), and SPX Technologies (SPXC).

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor vs. Its Competitors

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor (NYSE:ZWS) and Fortune Brands Innovations (NYSE:FBIN) are related mid-cap companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability and risk.

83.3% of Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.6% of Fortune Brands Innovations shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Fortune Brands Innovations shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Fortune Brands Innovations pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor pays out 35.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fortune Brands Innovations pays out 31.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Fortune Brands Innovations has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Fortune Brands Innovations is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fortune Brands Innovations has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor has a net margin of 10.78% compared to Fortune Brands Innovations' net margin of 8.75%. Fortune Brands Innovations' return on equity of 19.85% beat Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor10.78% 15.23% 9.02%
Fortune Brands Innovations 8.75%19.85%7.13%

In the previous week, Fortune Brands Innovations had 5 more articles in the media than Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Fortune Brands Innovations and 10 mentions for Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor. Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Fortune Brands Innovations' score of 1.54 indicating that Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Fortune Brands Innovations
11 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Fortune Brands Innovations has higher revenue and earnings than Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor. Fortune Brands Innovations 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor$1.57B4.91$160.20M$1.0145.41
Fortune Brands Innovations$4.61B1.53$471.90M$3.1818.53

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor presently has a consensus price target of $38.00, indicating a potential downside of 17.15%. Fortune Brands Innovations has a consensus price target of $75.45, indicating a potential upside of 28.07%. Given Fortune Brands Innovations' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Fortune Brands Innovations is more favorable than Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Fortune Brands Innovations
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.45

Summary

Fortune Brands Innovations beats Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ZWS vs. The Competition

MetricZurn Elkay Water Solutions CorWaste Removal Svcs IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$7.80B$10.28B$26.22B$21.32B
Dividend Yield0.77%1.21%2.78%3.51%
P/E Ratio45.4132.3022.1126.70
Price / Sales4.9113.20835.0552.86
Price / Cash25.3117.1226.8423.86
Price / Book4.914.516.195.39
Net Income$160.20M$237.95M$197.87M$996.59M
7 Day Performance3.21%4.60%11.34%3.12%
1 Month Performance19.07%3.57%4.28%2.97%
1 Year Performance43.82%-3.34%46.07%12.83%

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ZWS
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor
2.407 of 5 stars
$45.87
-1.5%
$38.00
-17.1%
+45.4%$7.80B$1.57B45.412,500News Coverage
Positive News
FBIN
Fortune Brands Innovations
4.8702 of 5 stars
$59.96
-2.5%
$75.91
+26.6%
-24.9%$7.38B$4.61B18.8611,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ITT
ITT
4.3155 of 5 stars
$169.63
-0.7%
$179.22
+5.7%
+27.0%$13.33B$3.63B26.6711,700Positive News
MAS
Masco
4.816 of 5 stars
$74.52
-1.4%
$74.13
-0.5%
-5.7%$15.82B$7.83B19.7718,000Positive News
Insider Trade
PH
Parker-Hannifin
4.6138 of 5 stars
$749.89
-0.3%
$768.71
+2.5%
+30.1%$96.13B$19.85B27.6561,120Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Insider Trade
PNR
Pentair
4.4702 of 5 stars
$107.94
-0.6%
$114.36
+5.9%
+27.5%$17.80B$4.08B29.499,750Positive News
WTS
Watts Water Technologies
4.5191 of 5 stars
$280.75
+0.1%
$245.50
-12.6%
+48.4%$9.36B$2.25B30.194,800Positive News
SYM
Symbotic
2.1852 of 5 stars
$45.74
-1.1%
$43.44
-5.0%
+123.0%$27.30B$1.82B-653.341,650Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
BWXT
BWX Technologies
3.7124 of 5 stars
$162.83
-0.2%
$154.51
-5.1%
+63.5%$14.91B$2.70B50.888,700Positive News
NVT
nVent Electric
4.2817 of 5 stars
$89.41
-0.7%
$87.00
-2.7%
+37.7%$14.50B$3.01B25.4712,100News Coverage
Positive News
SPXC
SPX Technologies
1.7035 of 5 stars
$188.85
-0.9%
$195.20
+3.4%
+20.9%$8.91B$1.98B42.444,300News Coverage
Positive News

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