AZZ (AZZ) Competitors

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

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, 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	1.83	$52.80M	$1.64	16.97
AZZ	$1.59B	1.52	$101.61M	$1.48	54.66

Which has more risk & volatility, XPEL or AZZ?

XPEL has a beta of 1.82, meaning that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AZZ has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to XPEL or AZZ?

In the previous week, AZZ had 1 more articles in the media than XPEL. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for AZZ and 4 mentions for XPEL. AZZ's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat XPEL's score of 0.56 indicating that AZZ is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
XPEL	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AZZ	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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 rate XPEL or AZZ?

XPEL presently has a consensus target price of $49.00, suggesting a potential upside of 76.07%. AZZ has a consensus target price of $100.67, suggesting a potential upside of 24.43%. Given XPEL's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly 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)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in XPEL or AZZ?

AZZ received 258 more outperform votes than XPEL when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.56% of users gave XPEL an outperform vote while only 55.49% of users gave AZZ an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
XPEL	Outperform Votes 45 55.56%	Underperform Votes 36 44.44%
AZZ	Outperform Votes 303 55.49%	Underperform Votes 243 44.51%

Summary

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