AZTA vs. ESAB, SPXC, MOG.B, ZWS, CHX, WFRD, WHD, HAYW, ATS, and EPAC
Should you be buying Azenta stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Azenta include ESAB (ESAB), SPX Technologies (SPXC), Moog (MOG.B), Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS), ChampionX (CHX), Weatherford International (WFRD), Cactus (WHD), Hayward (HAYW), ATS (ATS), and Enerpac Tool Group (EPAC). These companies are all part of the "machinery" industry.
Azenta vs.
ESAB (NYSE:ESAB) and Azenta (NASDAQ:AZTA) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, risk and earnings.
ESAB has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Azenta has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ESAB presently has a consensus target price of $133.43, suggesting a potential upside of 7.62%. Azenta has a consensus target price of $61.60, suggesting a potential upside of 17.04%. Given Azenta's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Azenta is more favorable than ESAB.
In the previous week, ESAB had 2 more articles in the media than Azenta. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for ESAB and 3 mentions for Azenta. Azenta's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat ESAB's score of 0.71 indicating that Azenta is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ESAB has higher revenue and earnings than Azenta. Azenta is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ESAB, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
91.1% of ESAB shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.1% of Azenta shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.2% of ESAB shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.6% of Azenta shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
ESAB has a net margin of 9.47% compared to Azenta's net margin of -25.01%. ESAB's return on equity of 17.27% beat Azenta's return on equity.
Azenta received 2 more outperform votes than ESAB when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 46.67% of users gave ESAB an outperform vote while only 42.59% of users gave Azenta an outperform vote.
Summary
ESAB beats Azenta on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:AZTA) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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