Investors may find better financial performance in Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp (ZWS)

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp [ZWS] stock is trading at $33.86, up 0.39%. An important factor to consider is whether the stock is rising or falling in short-term value. The ZWS shares have gain 12.64% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -0.29%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp [NYSE: ZWS] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on April 16, 2025, when Stifel upgraded its rating to a Buy but kept the price target unchanged to $34 for it. Previously, Exane BNP Paribas downgraded its rating to Neutral on April 09, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $29. On March 12, 2024, Exane BNP Paribas initiated with a Outperform rating and assigned a price target of $40 on the stock. Mizuho downgraded its rating to a Neutral but stick to its price target of $34 on February 09, 2024. Stifel downgraded its rating to a Hold but $31 remained the price target by the analyst firm on December 19, 2023. KeyBanc Capital Markets downgraded its rating to Sector Weight for this stock on December 13, 2023. In a note dated October 09, 2023, Goldman downgraded an Neutral rating on this stock and revised its target price from $31 to $29.

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp [ZWS] stock has fluctuated between $27.74 and $41.15 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $36.5 within the next 12 months. Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp [NYSE: ZWS] shares were valued at $33.86 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 7.8% based on the average ZWS price forecast.

Analyzing the ZWS fundamentals

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp [NYSE:ZWS] reported sales of 1.58B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 4.01%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.43% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.16%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.13%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.1%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.06, Equity is 0.1 and Total Capital is 0.1. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.35.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 33.58 points at the first support level, and at 33.29 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 34.01, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 34.16.

Ratios To Look Out For

For context, Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp’s Current Ratio is 2.87. On the other hand, the Quick Ratio is 1.72, and the Cash Ratio is 0.8. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 3.60, the price to book ratio is 3.69 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 34.62.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Pauli David J, Chief Financial Officer, that happened on Feb 14 ’25 when 8390.0 shares were sold. President, Schoon Jeffrey A completed a deal on Feb 14 ’25 to sell 30698.0 shares. Meanwhile, Former 10% Owner Katz Aimee sold 8.91 million shares on Feb 13 ’25.

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