ZWS vs. SYM, NVT, BWXT, ESAB, SPXC, JBTM, MOG.B, CHX, 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), nVent Electric (NVT), BWX Technologies (BWXT), ESAB (ESAB), SPX Technologies (SPXC), JBT Marel (JBTM), Moog (MOG.B), ChampionX (CHX), 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 stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.
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 39.71% of users gave Zurn Elkay Water Solutions an outperform vote.
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.
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions currently has a consensus target price of $36.29, suggesting a potential upside of 1.06%. Symbotic has a consensus target price of $37.20, suggesting a potential upside of 24.22%. Given Symbotic's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Symbotic is more favorable than Zurn Elkay Water Solutions.
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, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Symbotic has a beta of 1.85, indicating that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, Symbotic had 5 more articles in the media than Zurn Elkay Water Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Symbotic and 9 mentions for Zurn Elkay Water Solutions. Zurn Elkay Water Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Symbotic's score of 0.67 indicating that Zurn Elkay Water Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions and Symbotic tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ZWS) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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