XRX vs. ZBRA, CRSR, SSYS, MITK, EVLV, IMMR, RDCM, ALOT, INVE, and MKFG
Should you be buying Xerox stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Xerox include Zebra Technologies (ZBRA), Corsair Gaming (CRSR), Stratasys (SSYS), Mitek Systems (MITK), Evolv Technologies (EVLV), Immersion (IMMR), RADCOM (RDCM), AstroNova (ALOT), Identiv (INVE), and Markforged (MKFG).
Zebra Technologies (NASDAQ:ZBRA) and Xerox (NYSE:XRX) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and earnings.
Zebra Technologies has a net margin of 5.99% compared to Zebra Technologies' net margin of -2.74%. Xerox's return on equity of 13.05% beat Zebra Technologies' return on equity.
91.0% of Zebra Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.4% of Xerox shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Zebra Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Xerox shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Zebra Technologies has a beta of 1.76, indicating that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xerox has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Zebra Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Xerox. Xerox is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Zebra Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Zebra Technologies had 3 more articles in the media than Xerox. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Zebra Technologies and 5 mentions for Xerox. Xerox's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Zebra Technologies' score of 0.45 indicating that Zebra Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Zebra Technologies received 39 more outperform votes than Xerox when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.18% of users gave Zebra Technologies an outperform vote while only 54.13% of users gave Xerox an outperform vote.
Zebra Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $312.27, indicating a potential downside of 0.02%. Xerox has a consensus price target of $14.50, indicating a potential upside of 3.13%. Given Zebra Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Xerox is more favorable than Zebra Technologies.
Summary
Zebra Technologies beats Xerox on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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