ZBRA vs. XRX, ITW, IR, ZWS, GTES, EFXT, GHM, TWIN, GTEC, and STRCW
Should you be buying Zebra Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Zebra Technologies include Xerox (XRX), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Ingersoll Rand (IR), Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS), Gates Industrial (GTES), Enerflex (EFXT), Graham (GHM), Twin Disc (TWIN), Greenland Technologies (GTEC), and Palladyne AI (STRCW).
Zebra Technologies vs.
Xerox (NYSE:XRX) and Zebra Technologies (NASDAQ:ZBRA) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and media sentiment.
Xerox currently has a consensus target price of $9.50, indicating a potential upside of 1.71%. Zebra Technologies has a consensus target price of $401.25, indicating a potential downside of 1.10%. Given Xerox's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Xerox is more favorable than Zebra Technologies.
85.4% of Xerox shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.0% of Zebra Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Xerox shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Zebra Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Xerox has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zebra Technologies has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Xerox had 6 more articles in the media than Zebra Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Xerox and 15 mentions for Zebra Technologies. Zebra Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Xerox's score of 0.06 indicating that Zebra Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Zebra Technologies has a net margin of 8.20% compared to Xerox's net margin of -21.31%. Zebra Technologies' return on equity of 15.56% beat Xerox's return on equity.
Zebra Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Xerox. Xerox is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Zebra Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Zebra Technologies received 41 more outperform votes than Xerox when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.71% of users gave Zebra Technologies an outperform vote while only 53.86% of users gave Xerox an outperform vote.
Summary
Zebra Technologies beats Xerox on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ZBRA) was last updated on 1/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
