Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (NYSE:ZWS) versus INLIF (NASDAQ:INLF) Financial Analysis

INLIF (NASDAQ:INLF) and Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (NYSE:ZWS) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for INLIF and Zurn Elkay Water Solutions, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
INLIF	0	0	0	0	0.00
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions	0	4	3	0	2.43

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions has a consensus price target of $35.71, suggesting a potential upside of 14.97%. Given Zurn Elkay Water Solutions’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Zurn Elkay Water Solutions is more favorable than INLIF.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares INLIF and Zurn Elkay Water Solutions”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
INLIF	$14.52 million	1.24	N/A	N/A	N/A
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions	$1.57 billion	3.35	$160.20 million	$0.92	33.77

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than INLIF.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

83.3% of Zurn Elkay Water Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Zurn Elkay Water Solutions shares are owned by 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.

Profitability

This table compares INLIF and Zurn Elkay Water Solutions’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
INLIF	N/A	N/A	N/A
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions	10.23%	14.03%	8.37%

Summary

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

About INLIF

INLIF Ltd. is a holding company, which engages in the development of injection molding machine-dedicated manipulator arms. Its products include: Three-axis robot, Five-axis robot and bull head type manipulator. The company was founded on January 4, 2023 and is headquartered in Quanzhou, China.

About Zurn Elkay Water Solutions

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation engages in design, procurement, manufacture, and marketing of water management solutions in the United States, Canada, and internationally. It offers water safety and control products, such as backflow preventers, fire system valves, pressure reducing valves, thermostatic mixing valves, PEX pipings, fittings, and installation tools under the Zurn and Wilkins brand names. The company also provides flow systems products comprising point drains, hydrants, fixture carrier systems, chemical drainage systems; and interceptors and separators, acid neutralization systems, and remote monitoring systems under the Zurn and Green Turtle brands. In addition, it develops, manufactures, and markets remote tank monitoring devices, alarms, software, and services. Further, the company offers sensor-operated flush valves under the AquaSense, Aquaflush, and AquaVantage brands; heavy-duty commercial faucets under the AquaSpec brand; water conserving fixtures under the EcoVantage and Zurn One brands; stainless steel products under the Just Manufacturing brand name, which include stainless steel sinks and plumbing fixtures, and various types of sinks, as well as drinking water dispensing and filtration products under the Elkay and Halsey Taylor brands. It distributes to institutional, commercial, waterworks, and residential end markets through independent sales representatives, plumbing wholesalers, and industry-specific distributors in the waterworks, foodservice, industrial, janitorial, sanitation, and sitework industries. The company was formerly known as Zurn Water Solutions Corporation and changed its name to Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation in July 2022. Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation was incorporated in 1892 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.