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Gates Industrial vs Zebra Technologies

GTES and ZBRA side by side, both in general industrial machinery and equipment. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.

How GTES and ZBRA compare

Zebra Technologies is the larger company, worth 2.8 times as much as Gates Industrial ($17.1B against $6.0B).

On earnings, Gates Industrial is cheaper: it trades at 16.5× trailing earnings, against 33.1× for Zebra Technologies.

Zebra Technologies grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (12.7% versus 4.0% for Gates Industrial).

Gates Industrial keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 10.4% compared with 9.2% at Zebra Technologies.

Gates Industrial scores higher on the StockData Score (13 against 10 for Zebra Technologies), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.

Key numbers

A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.

MetricGTESZBRA
Size and price
Market cap$6.0B$17.1B
Share price$23.83$361.26
Change, 1 year5.9%33.4%
Change, 5 years31.2%−40.5%
Beta (5Y)1.191.63
Employees13K11K
StockData Score
Total score13 (better)10
Valuation score5 (better)1
Growth score23 (better)
Performance score44
Health score22
Dividend score00
Valuation
P/E16.5× (better)33.1×
P/S1.7× (better)2.9×
P/B1.7× (better)5.0×
EV/EBITDA11.1× (better)18.4×
P/FCF16.4× (better)18.9×
PEG2.17–
FCF yield6.1% (better)5.3%
Fair value$30.78$344.42
Margin of safety22.6% (better)−4.9%
Growth
Revenue growth (TTM)4.0%12.7% (better)
Revenue growth, 5Y average4.3% (better)3.9%
Net income growth (TTM)55.6% (better)−1.6%
EPS growth (TTM)58.2% (better)3.1%
EPS growth, 5Y average28.9% (better)−2.6%
Profitability
Gross margin40.3%49.6% (better)
Operating margin13.5%14.7% (better)
Net margin10.4% (better)9.2%
FCF margin10.3%15.5% (better)
Return on equity10.6%15.3% (better)
Return on invested capital9.8%11.9% (better)
Financial health
Debt / equity0.62 (better)0.81
Net debt / EBITDA1.97 (better)2.44
Interest coverage3.9×–
Current ratio3.41 (better)0.52
Altman Z-score2.393.62 (better)
Piotroski F-score8 (better)4
Dividends and buybacks
Buyback yield3.3%5.3% (better)
Shareholder yield3.3%5.3% (better)
Ownership
Held by institutions101%104%
Held by insiders2.0%1.0%
Insider net buying, 12 months−$2.0M (better)−$2.0M
Short interest, % of float4.9%3.5%

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