ZJK Industrial (NASDAQ:ZJK) and ATS (NYSE:ATS) Financial Comparison

ATS (NYSE:ATS) and ZJK Industrial (NASDAQ:ZJK) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for ATS and ZJK Industrial, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ATS	2	1	4	0	2.29
ZJK Industrial	1	1	0	0	1.50

ATS presently has a consensus target price of $42.50, suggesting a potential upside of 60.89%. Given ATS’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe ATS is more favorable than ZJK Industrial.

Volatility & Risk

ATS has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ZJK Industrial has a beta of 2.46, suggesting that its stock price is 146% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares ATS and ZJK Industrial’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ATS	2.40%	9.40%	3.73%
ZJK Industrial	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares ATS and ZJK Industrial”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ATS	$2.15 billion	1.20	$51.85 million	$0.52	50.80
ZJK Industrial	$56.10 million	1.85	$10.19 million	N/A	N/A

ATS has higher revenue and earnings than ZJK Industrial.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

75.8% of ATS shares are owned by institutional investors. 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.

Summary

ATS beats ZJK Industrial on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About ATS

ATS Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides automation solutions worldwide. The company is also involved in planning, designing, building, commissioning, and servicing automated manufacturing and assembly systems, including automation products and test solutions. In addition, it offers pre-automation services comprising discovery and analysis, concept development, simulation, and total cost of ownership modelling; post automation services, including training, process optimization, preventative maintenance, emergency and on-call support, spare parts, retooling, retrofits, and equipment relocation; and contract manufacturing services, as well as after sales and services. Further, the company provides engineering design, prototyping, process verification, specification writing, software and manufacturing process controls development, standard automation products/platforms, equipment design and build, third-party equipment qualification, procurement and integration, automation system installation, product line commissioning, validation, and documentation services. Additionally, it offers value engineering, supply chain management, and integration and manufacturing capabilities, as well as other automation products and solutions; and software and digital solutions comprising connected factory floor management systems to capture, analyze, and use real time machine performance data to troubleshoot, deliver process and product solutions, prevent equipment downtime, drive operational efficiency, and unlock performance for sustainable production improvements. ATS Corporation serves life sciences, transportation and mobility, consumer products, food and beverage, electronics, nuclear, packaging, warehousing and distribution, and energy markets. The company was formerly known as ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. and changed its name to ATS Corporation in November 2022. ATS Corporation was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Canada.

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.