Gates Industrial (GTES) Competitors

Zebra Technologies (NASDAQ:ZBRA) and Gates Industrial (NYSE:GTES) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ZBRA or GTES?

91.0% of Zebra Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.5% of Gates Industrial shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Zebra Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Gates Industrial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ZBRA or GTES more profitable?

Zebra Technologies has a net margin of 10.60% compared to Gates Industrial's net margin of 5.72%. Zebra Technologies' return on equity of 18.34% beat Gates Industrial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Zebra Technologies	10.60%	18.34%	8.12%
Gates Industrial	5.72%	9.75%	4.80%

Do analysts rate ZBRA or GTES?

Zebra Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $381.42, suggesting a potential upside of 31.06%. Gates Industrial has a consensus price target of $24.11, suggesting a potential upside of 20.14%. Given Zebra Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Zebra Technologies is more favorable than Gates Industrial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Zebra Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.69
Gates Industrial	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, ZBRA or GTES?

Zebra Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Gates Industrial. Gates Industrial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Zebra Technologies, 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
Zebra Technologies	$4.98B	3.00	$528M	$10.18	28.59
Gates Industrial	$3.41B	1.50	$194.90M	$0.73	27.49

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ZBRA or GTES?

Zebra Technologies received 280 more outperform votes than Gates Industrial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.60% of users gave Zebra Technologies an outperform vote while only 55.01% of users gave Gates Industrial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Zebra Technologies	Outperform Votes 505 63.60%	Underperform Votes 289 36.40%
Gates Industrial	Outperform Votes 225 55.01%	Underperform Votes 184 44.99%

Which has more risk and volatility, ZBRA or GTES?

Zebra Technologies has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gates Industrial has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer ZBRA or GTES?

In the previous week, Gates Industrial had 3 more articles in the media than Zebra Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Gates Industrial and 16 mentions for Zebra Technologies. Zebra Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Gates Industrial's score of 0.96 indicating that Zebra Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Zebra Technologies	15 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Gates Industrial	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Zebra Technologies beats Gates Industrial on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.