ZJK Industrial (NASDAQ:ZJK – Get Free Report) and DXP Enterprises (NASDAQ:DXPE – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends and risk.
Risk and Volatility
ZJK Industrial has a beta of 1.82, suggesting that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DXP Enterprises has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares ZJK Industrial and DXP Enterprises”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| ZJK Industrial | $37.81 million | 2.65 | $3.68 million | N/A | N/A |
| DXP Enterprises | $1.80 billion | 1.30 | $70.49 million | $5.28 | 28.24 |
DXP Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than ZJK Industrial.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
74.8% of DXP Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.7% of DXP Enterprises shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares ZJK Industrial and DXP Enterprises’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| ZJK Industrial | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| DXP Enterprises | 4.45% | 19.62% | 6.40% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for ZJK Industrial and DXP Enterprises, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| ZJK Industrial | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| DXP Enterprises | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 |
DXP Enterprises has a consensus price target of $95.00, suggesting a potential downside of 36.30%. Given DXP Enterprises’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe DXP Enterprises is more favorable than ZJK Industrial.
Summary
DXP Enterprises beats ZJK Industrial on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About ZJK Industrial
ZJK Industrial Co. Ltd. is a high-tech enterprise specialized in manufacturing and sale of precision fasteners, structural parts and other precision metal parts products applied in a variety of industries, including intelligent electronic equipment, new energy vehicles, aerospace, energy storage systems and liquid cooling systems used in artificial intelligence supercomputers. ZJK Industrial Co. Ltd. is based in Shenzhen, China.
About DXP Enterprises
DXP Enterprises, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in distributing maintenance, repair, and operating (MRO) products, equipment, and services in the United States and Canada. It operates through three segments: Service Centers (SC), Supply Chain Services (SCS), and Innovative Pumping Solutions (IPS). The SC segment offers MRO products, equipment, and integrated services, including technical expertise and logistics services. It offers a range of MRO products in the rotating equipment, bearing, power transmission, hose, fluid power, metal working, fastener, industrial supply, safety products, and safety services categories. This segment serves customers in the oil and gas, food and beverage, petrochemical, transportation, other general industrial, mining, construction, chemical, municipal, agriculture, and pulp and paper industries. The SCS segment manages procurement and inventory vinventory optimization and management, storeroom management, transaction consolidation and control, vendor oversight and procurement cost optimization, productivity improvement, and customized reporting services. Its programs include SmartAgreement, a procurement solution for various MRO categories; SmartBuy, an on-site or centralized MRO procurement solution; SmartSource, an on-site procurement and storeroom management solution; SmartStore, an e-Catalog solution; SmartVend, an industrial dispensing solution; and SmartServ, an integrated service pump solution. The IPS segment fabricates and assembles custom-made pump packages; remanufactures pumps; and manufactures branded private label pumps. DXP Enterprises, Inc. was founded in 1908 and is based in Houston, Texas.
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