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
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor (NYSE:ZWS) and Symbotic (NASDAQ:SYM) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and earnings.
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor presently has a consensus target price of $36.29, indicating a potential downside of 3.32%. Symbotic has a consensus target price of $38.71, indicating a potential downside of 8.28%. Given Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor is more favorable than Symbotic.
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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 beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Symbotic has a beta of 2.03, indicating that its share price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, Symbotic had 5 more articles in the media than Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor. MarketBeat recorded 10 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 0.70 indicating that Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor is being referred to more favorably in the media.
83.3% of Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Symbotic shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor beats Symbotic on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ZWS) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff