Gates Industrial (GTES) Competitors

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

Is GTES or ZBRA more profitable?

Zebra Technologies has a net margin of 8.20% compared to Gates Industrial's net margin of 6.43%. Zebra Technologies' return on equity of 15.56% beat Gates Industrial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gates Industrial	6.43%	9.94%	4.89%
Zebra Technologies	8.20%	15.56%	6.76%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in GTES or ZBRA?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GTES or ZBRA?

Zebra Technologies received 287 more outperform votes than Gates Industrial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.11% of users gave Zebra Technologies an outperform vote while only 54.29% of users gave Gates Industrial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gates Industrial	Outperform Votes 215 54.29%	Underperform Votes 181 45.71%
Zebra Technologies	Outperform Votes 502 64.11%	Underperform Votes 281 35.89%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, GTES or ZBRA?

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
Gates Industrial	$3.57B	1.48	$232.90M	$0.83	25.04
Zebra Technologies	$4.58B	4.34	$296M	$7.35	52.50

Does the media prefer GTES or ZBRA?

In the previous week, Zebra Technologies had 5 more articles in the media than Gates Industrial. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Zebra Technologies and 10 mentions for Gates Industrial. Zebra Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Gates Industrial's score of 1.12 indicating that Zebra Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Gates Industrial	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Zebra Technologies	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer GTES or ZBRA?

Gates Industrial presently has a consensus price target of $20.30, suggesting a potential downside of 2.33%. Zebra Technologies has a consensus price target of $385.18, suggesting a potential downside of 0.19%. Given Zebra Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Zebra Technologies is more favorable than Gates Industrial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gates Industrial	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Zebra Technologies	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has more volatility & risk, GTES or ZBRA?

Gates Industrial has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zebra Technologies has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Zebra Technologies beats Gates Industrial on 17 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.