XPEL vs. AZZ, NTIC, GT, VC, QS, DORM, LCII, ADNT, CARG, and PHIN
Should you be buying XPEL stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of XPEL include AZZ (AZZ), Northern Technologies International (NTIC), Goodyear Tire & Rubber (GT), Visteon (VC), QuantumScape (QS), Dorman Products (DORM), LCI Industries (LCII), Adient (ADNT), CarGurus (CARG), and PHINIA (PHIN).
XPEL (NASDAQ:XPEL) and AZZ (NYSE:AZZ) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
XPEL presently has a consensus target price of $38.50, suggesting a potential upside of 1.32%. AZZ has a consensus target price of $88.33, suggesting a potential upside of 5.31%. Given AZZ's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe AZZ is more favorable than XPEL.
75.1% of XPEL shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.9% of AZZ shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.5% of XPEL shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of AZZ shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
XPEL has a net margin of 11.99% compared to AZZ's net margin of 6.61%. XPEL's return on equity of 29.11% beat AZZ's return on equity.
AZZ received 252 more outperform votes than XPEL when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.14% of users gave AZZ an outperform vote while only 54.43% of users gave XPEL an outperform vote.
XPEL has a beta of 1.84, indicating that its share price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AZZ has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, AZZ had 1 more articles in the media than XPEL. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for AZZ and 4 mentions for XPEL. AZZ's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat XPEL's score of 0.66 indicating that AZZ is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Summary
AZZ beats XPEL on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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