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AZZ vs. XPEL, NTIC, AOS, ATR, RRX, CCK, AA, AIT, RBC, and GNRC

Should you be buying AZZ stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AZZ include XPEL (XPEL), Northern Technologies International (NTIC), A. O. Smith (AOS), AptarGroup (ATR), Regal Rexnord (RRX), Crown (CCK), Alcoa (AA), Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), RBC Bearings (RBC), and Generac (GNRC).

AZZ vs.

XPEL (NASDAQ:XPEL) and AZZ (NYSE:AZZ) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking and earnings.

XPEL has a net margin of 11.61% compared to AZZ's net margin of 7.94%. XPEL's return on equity of 24.68% beat AZZ's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
XPEL11.61% 24.68% 18.58%
AZZ 7.94%16.99%6.94%

XPEL presently has a consensus target price of $49.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.86%. AZZ has a consensus target price of $96.80, indicating a potential upside of 10.27%. Given XPEL's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe XPEL is more favorable than AZZ.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
XPEL
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
AZZ
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57

In the previous week, AZZ had 9 more articles in the media than XPEL. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for AZZ and 0 mentions for XPEL. AZZ's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat XPEL's score of 0.00 indicating that AZZ is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
XPEL Neutral
AZZ Positive

75.1% of XPEL shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.9% of AZZ shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.5% of XPEL shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of AZZ shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

AZZ received 254 more outperform votes than XPEL when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.56% of users gave XPEL an outperform vote while only 55.17% of users gave AZZ an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
XPELOutperform Votes
45
55.56%
Underperform Votes
36
44.44%
AZZOutperform Votes
299
55.17%
Underperform Votes
243
44.83%

XPEL has a beta of 1.83, suggesting that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AZZ has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

AZZ has higher revenue and earnings than XPEL. XPEL is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AZZ, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
XPEL$418.41M2.92$52.80M$1.7525.26
AZZ$1.54B1.71$101.61M$1.4859.31

Summary

XPEL beats AZZ on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AZZ vs. The Competition

MetricAZZCoating, engraving, & allied services IndustryIndustrial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.62B$991.12M$9.47B$20.01B
Dividend Yield0.78%1.48%2.09%3.61%
P/E Ratio59.3136.0121.7042.05
Price / Sales1.712.254.6017.31
Price / Cash9.8114.6618.6820.20
Price / Book2.554.175.025.74
Net Income$101.61M$39.24M$402.95M$1.01B
7 Day Performance1.44%1.05%1.99%1.60%
1 Month Performance7.50%10.27%5.63%5.53%
1 Year Performance45.12%0.37%39.26%18.59%

AZZ Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AZZ
AZZ
3.9069 of 5 stars
$87.83
-1.9%
$96.80
+10.2%
+52.5%$2.62B$1.54B59.343,873Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
XPEL
XPEL
1.4921 of 5 stars
$42.13
-1.0%
$49.00
+16.3%
-16.6%$1.16B$396.29M24.071,054
NTIC
Northern Technologies International
4.6986 of 5 stars
$12.90
-0.7%
$20.00
+55.0%
+4.7%$122.16M$85.06M24.81200Dividend Announcement
AOS
A. O. Smith
4.4196 of 5 stars
$71.87
+0.7%
$83.14
+15.7%
-10.5%$10.42B$3.85B18.9112,000Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
ATR
AptarGroup
4.6947 of 5 stars
$156.08
-0.2%
$190.60
+22.1%
+22.3%$10.39B$3.49B31.3413,800Positive News
RRX
Regal Rexnord
4.6681 of 5 stars
$156.41
-1.3%
$202.00
+29.1%
+16.0%$10.36B$6.25B49.3432,100
CCK
Crown
4.5818 of 5 stars
$85.59
+0.4%
$105.46
+23.2%
-4.2%$10.24B$12.01B105.6625,000
AA
Alcoa
4.1629 of 5 stars
$39.57
+1.7%
$46.36
+17.2%
+41.1%$10.22B$10.55B-22.4913,600Earnings Report
News Coverage
Gap Up
AIT
Applied Industrial Technologies
4.4413 of 5 stars
$257.21
+0.7%
$285.71
+11.1%
+50.5%$9.89B$4.48B26.256,500Upcoming Earnings
RBC
RBC Bearings
1.4904 of 5 stars
$312.19
+0.9%
$325.33
+4.2%
+15.5%$9.81B$1.56B45.585,302News Coverage
Positive News
GNRC
Generac
4.3193 of 5 stars
$161.12
+0.5%
$174.30
+8.2%
+40.3%$9.59B$4.12B33.438,600News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:AZZ) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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