Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS) Competitors

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (NYSE:ZWS) and Symbotic (NASDAQ:SYM) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ZWS or SYM?

Symbotic received 38 more outperform votes than Zurn Elkay Water Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.22% of users gave Symbotic an outperform vote while only 40.32% of users gave Zurn Elkay Water Solutions an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions	Outperform Votes 25 40.32%	Underperform Votes 37 59.68%
Symbotic	Outperform Votes 63 51.22%	Underperform Votes 60 48.78%

Which has more volatility and risk, ZWS or SYM?

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Symbotic has a beta of 1.85, meaning that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, ZWS or SYM?

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Symbotic. Symbotic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Zurn Elkay Water Solutions, 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
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions	$1.57B	3.70	$160.20M	$0.92	37.36
Symbotic	$1.91B	7.22	-$13.49M	-$0.07	-335.71

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ZWS or SYM?

83.3% of Zurn Elkay Water Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Zurn Elkay Water Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Symbotic shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer ZWS or SYM?

In the previous week, Symbotic had 1 more articles in the media than Zurn Elkay Water Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Symbotic and 3 mentions for Zurn Elkay Water Solutions. Symbotic's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Zurn Elkay Water Solutions' score of 1.04 indicating that Symbotic is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Symbotic	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ZWS or SYM more profitable?

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions has a net margin of 10.23% compared to Symbotic's net margin of -0.38%. Zurn Elkay Water Solutions' return on equity of 14.03% beat Symbotic's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions	10.23%	14.03%	8.37%
Symbotic	-0.38%	5.11%	1.23%

Do analysts prefer ZWS or SYM?

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions currently has a consensus target price of $38.40, indicating a potential upside of 11.72%. Symbotic has a consensus target price of $38.20, indicating a potential upside of 62.55%. Given Symbotic's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Symbotic is more favorable than Zurn Elkay Water Solutions.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Symbotic	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.47

Summary

Symbotic beats Zurn Elkay Water Solutions on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.