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.
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.
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.
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.
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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This page (NYSE:ZWS) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff