AZZ (AZZ) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in AZZ or XPEL?

90.9% of AZZ shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.1% of XPEL shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of AZZ shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of XPEL shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor AZZ or XPEL?

In the previous week, AZZ had 3 more articles in the media than XPEL. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for AZZ and 2 mentions for XPEL. AZZ's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat XPEL's score of 0.29 indicating that AZZ is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Do analysts recommend AZZ or XPEL?

AZZ currently has a consensus target price of $100.67, indicating a potential upside of 6.30%. XPEL has a consensus target price of $49.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.50%. Given XPEL's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78
XPEL	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more volatility & risk, AZZ or XPEL?

AZZ has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XPEL has a beta of 1.84, suggesting that its stock price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, AZZ or XPEL?

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
AZZ	$1.54B	1.84	$101.61M	$1.48	63.99
XPEL	$396.29M	2.89	$52.80M	$1.75	23.63

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AZZ or XPEL?

AZZ received 257 more outperform votes than XPEL when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.56% of users gave XPEL an outperform vote while only 55.41% of users gave AZZ an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AZZ	Outperform Votes 302 55.41%	Underperform Votes 243 44.59%
XPEL	Outperform Votes 45 55.56%	Underperform Votes 36 44.44%

Summary

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