AZZ (AZZ) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in XPEL or AZZ?

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of AZZ 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, XPEL or AZZ?

XPEL has a beta of 1.83, meaning that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AZZ has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor XPEL or AZZ?

In the previous week, AZZ had 47 more articles in the media than XPEL. MarketBeat recorded 57 mentions for AZZ and 10 mentions for XPEL. XPEL's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat AZZ's score of 0.49 indicating that XPEL is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
XPEL	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AZZ	13 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	20 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	4 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in XPEL or AZZ?

AZZ received 259 more outperform votes than XPEL when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.58% of users gave AZZ an outperform vote while only 55.56% of users gave XPEL an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
XPEL	Outperform Votes 45 55.56%	Underperform Votes 36 44.44%
AZZ	Outperform Votes 304 55.58%	Underperform Votes 243 44.42%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, XPEL or AZZ?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
XPEL	$420.40M	1.81	$52.80M	$1.64	16.74
AZZ	$1.58B	1.61	$101.61M	$1.59	53.53

Is XPEL or AZZ more profitable?

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
XPEL	11.61%	24.68%	18.58%
AZZ	7.94%	16.99%	6.94%

Do analysts prefer XPEL or AZZ?

XPEL currently has a consensus target price of $49.00, suggesting a potential upside of 78.51%. AZZ has a consensus target price of $100.71, suggesting a potential upside of 18.33%. Given XPEL's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research 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)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Summary

XPEL beats AZZ on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.