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$95.54 +0.13 (+0.14%)
(As of 11/22/2024 ET)

AZZ vs. XPEL, NTIC, GNRC, CCK, TTEK, AOS, AIT, RBC, MLI, and DCI

Should you be buying AZZ stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AZZ include XPEL (XPEL), Northern Technologies International (NTIC), Generac (GNRC), Crown (CCK), Tetra Tech (TTEK), A. O. Smith (AOS), Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), RBC Bearings (RBC), Mueller Industries (MLI), and Donaldson (DCI).

AZZ vs.

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

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
AZZ$1.57B1.82$101.61M$1.2874.64
XPEL$396.29M3.19$52.80M$1.7526.13

AZZ received 253 more outperform votes than XPEL when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.56% of users gave XPEL an outperform vote while only 55.08% of users gave AZZ an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AZZOutperform Votes
298
55.08%
Underperform Votes
243
44.92%
XPELOutperform Votes
45
55.56%
Underperform Votes
36
44.44%

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

AZZ has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XPEL has a beta of 1.85, indicating that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, AZZ had 2 more articles in the media than XPEL. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for AZZ and 7 mentions for XPEL. AZZ's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat XPEL's score of 0.02 indicating that AZZ is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

XPEL has a net margin of 11.61% compared to AZZ's net margin of 7.63%. XPEL's return on equity of 24.68% beat AZZ's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AZZ7.63% 16.88% 6.66%
XPEL 11.61%24.68%18.58%

AZZ presently has a consensus target price of $95.80, indicating a potential upside of 0.27%. XPEL has a consensus target price of $49.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.15%. Given XPEL's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe XPEL is more favorable than AZZ.

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

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$2.85B$1.06B$10.15B$20.17B
Dividend Yield0.78%1.39%2.03%3.50%
P/E Ratio74.6442.2222.8743.99
Price / Sales1.822.335.9517.76
Price / Cash9.7220.0820.3121.29
Price / Book3.424.144.224.71
Net Income$101.61M$38.62M$415.30M$986.85M
7 Day Performance15.21%4.67%2.31%3.76%
1 Month Performance26.05%6.29%6.00%4.65%
1 Year Performance96.46%23.72%32.41%27.72%

AZZ Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AZZ
AZZ
3.7643 of 5 stars
$95.54
+0.1%
$95.80
+0.3%
+96.5%$2.85B$1.57B74.643,873News Coverage
Positive News
XPEL
XPEL
1.4944 of 5 stars
$46.47
+3.6%
$49.00
+5.4%
-0.8%$1.28B$396.29M25.631,054Insider Trade
NTIC
Northern Technologies International
3.1778 of 5 stars
$14.16
-0.6%
$20.00
+41.2%
+25.9%$133.67M$85.06M25.89200Analyst Revision
News Coverage
GNRC
Generac
4.4566 of 5 stars
$187.09
+1.9%
$174.58
-6.7%
+68.4%$11.13B$4.12B38.318,600Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
CCK
Crown
4.5717 of 5 stars
$92.57
+1.7%
$106.62
+15.2%
+12.7%$11.07B$11.76B113.9325,000Positive News
TTEK
Tetra Tech
3.7258 of 5 stars
$41.10
+0.8%
$49.32
+20.0%
+24.5%$11.00B$5.20B33.2327,000
AOS
A. O. Smith
4.2292 of 5 stars
$73.61
+0.9%
$86.71
+17.8%
-3.2%$10.67B$3.89B19.3412,000Analyst Upgrade
AIT
Applied Industrial Technologies
4.6581 of 5 stars
$275.75
+2.4%
$267.86
-2.9%
+71.1%$10.60B$4.48B27.426,500Gap Up
RBC
RBC Bearings
1.6009 of 5 stars
$332.74
+2.6%
$324.67
-2.4%
+39.5%$10.45B$1.56B47.425,302Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
MLI
Mueller Industries
1.6385 of 5 stars
$87.35
-4.7%
N/A+115.1%$9.94B$3.42B16.734,509Insider Trade
Positive News
Gap Down
DCI
Donaldson
4.1241 of 5 stars
$77.20
+1.6%
$69.67
-9.8%
+28.7%$9.24B$3.59B22.4914,000Dividend Announcement
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:AZZ) was last updated on 11/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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