ZWS vs. SYM, BWXT, NVT, SPXC, ESAB, JBTM, MOG.B, CHX, WFRD, and WHD
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 Symbotic (SYM), BWX Technologies (BWXT), nVent Electric (NVT), SPX Technologies (SPXC), ESAB (ESAB), 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 Cor vs. Its Competitors
Symbotic (NASDAQ:SYM) and Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor (NYSE:ZWS) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
Symbotic has a beta of 2.03, meaning that its share price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Symbotic had 4 more articles in the media than Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Symbotic and 5 mentions for Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor. Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Symbotic's score of 0.49 indicating that Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Symbotic currently has a consensus target price of $38.71, suggesting a potential downside of 19.00%. Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor has a consensus target price of $36.29, suggesting a potential downside of 3.39%. Given Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor is more favorable than Symbotic.
83.3% of Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Symbotic shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor 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 Cor has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Symbotic. Symbotic 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 has a net margin of 10.72% compared to Symbotic's net margin of -0.23%. Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor's return on equity of 14.43% beat Symbotic's return on equity.
Summary
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor beats Symbotic on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:ZWS) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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