Financial Survey: Graco (NYSE:GGG) and ZJK Industrial (NASDAQ:ZJK)

Graco (NYSE:GGG) 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 institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and risk.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Graco	22.72%	18.89%	15.47%
ZJK Industrial	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Graco and ZJK Industrial”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Graco	$2.11 billion	6.44	$486.08 million	$2.93	28.01
ZJK Industrial	$46.28 million	3.58	$3.68 million	N/A	N/A

Graco has higher revenue and earnings than ZJK Industrial.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Graco and ZJK Industrial, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Graco	0	3	3	0	2.50
ZJK Industrial	1	0	0	0	1.00

Graco presently has a consensus price target of $94.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.55%. Given Graco’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Graco is more favorable than ZJK Industrial.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

93.9% of Graco shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Graco shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

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

About Graco

Graco Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets systems and equipment used to move, measure, control, dispense, and spray fluid and powder materials worldwide. The Contractor segment offers sprayers to apply paint to walls and other structures; two-component proportioning systems that are used to spray polyurethane foam and polyurea coatings; and viscous coatings to roofs, as well as markings on roads, parking lots, athletic fields, and floors. The Industrial segment provides liquid finishing equipment, paint circulating and supply pumps, paint circulating advanced control systems, plural component coating proportioners, and accessories and spare parts; equipment that pumps, meters, mixes and dispenses sealant, adhesive, and composite materials; and gel-coat equipment, chop and wet-out systems, resin transfer molding systems and applicators, and precision dispensing solutions. It also offers powder finishing products to coat powder finishing on metals under the Gema and SAT brands. The Process segment provides pumps to move and dispense chemicals, water, wastewater, petroleum, food, lubricants, and other fluids; pressure valves used in the oil and natural gas industry, other industrial processes, and research facilities; and chemical injection pumping solutions for injection of chemicals into producing oil wells and pipelines. It also supplies pumps, hose reels, meters, valves, and accessories for fast oil change facilities, service garages, fleet service centers, automobile dealerships, auto parts stores, truck builders, and heavy equipment service centers; and systems, components, and accessories for the automatic lubrication of bearings, gears, and generators in industrial and commercial equipment, compressors, turbines, and on- and off-road vehicles. It sells its products through distributors, original equipment manufacturers, and home center channels, as well as to end-users. The company was incorporated in 1926 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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.