OTIS vs ROL vs ZWS Stock Comparison

Otis Worldwide, Rollins and Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
OTIS Otis Worldwide Corp
$72.95 +9.9% 1M -20.1% 1Y
Market cap
$27.77B
P/E
17.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$15.14B
Div. yield
2.36%
Building Products Industrials
5 wins
ROL Rollins Inc
$33.49 +9.5% 1M -40.2% 1Y
Market cap
$16.01B
P/E
30.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.99B
Div. yield
2.16%
Facility Services Industrials
1 win

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Zurn Elkay Water Solutions 6, Otis Worldwide 5, Rollins 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionOTISROLZWSLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $27.77B $16.01B $7.19B OTIS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 17.9x 30.5x 24.9x OTIS
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 18.7x 30.7x 23.2x OTIS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +5.8% +8.3% +10.1% ZWS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 13.2% 15.9% ZWS
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 26.0% 14.0% ROL
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 0.7x 0.4x ZWS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 2.36% 2.16% 1.01% OTIS
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -20.1% -40.2% -5.6% ZWS
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -1.9%/yr -1.0%/yr +3.7%/yr ZWS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 22.8% 30.1% 30.2% OTIS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 56/100 56/100 78/100 ZWS

Percentile Scorecard

OTISROLZWS

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisOTISROLZWS
Valuation 56 #25 of 55 25 #85 of 113 43 #32 of 55
Growth 56 #23 of 51 61 #38 of 96 98 #2 of 51
Profitability 68 #16 of 48 97 #4 of 92 81 #10 of 48
Financial Health – 61 #49 of 125 87 #8 of 54
Shareholder Returns 45 #23 of 41 35 #44 of 67 80 #9 of 41
Overall 56 56 78
  • OTIS ranked among 59 companies in Construction Products
  • ROL ranked among 130 companies in Business Services
  • ZWS ranked among 59 companies in Construction Products

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodOTISROLZWSSPY
1 month +9.9%+9.5%-7.1% +0.9%
3 months -0.6%-13.6%-15.6% +5.9%
6 months -4.8%-39.5%-14.6% +8.5%
Year to date -16.5%-44.2%-6.5% +13.3%
1 year -20.1%-40.2%-5.6% +12.4%
3 years -4.2%-7.2%+68.6% +88.1%
3 years, per year -1.4%-2.5%+19.0% +23.5%
5 years -9.2%-4.9%+19.8% +68.2%
5 years, per year -1.9%-1.0%+3.7% +11.0%
10 years —+145.7%+358.9% +263.4%
10 years, per year —+9.4%+16.5% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureOTISROLZWSSPY
Volatility, 1Y 22.8%30.1%30.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 23.4%34.0%29.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.220.050.86 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.88-1.34-0.19 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -39.6%-54.8%-47.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -22.1%-48.9%-18.3% -0.9%
52-week high $93.62$65.60$53.17 $779.14
52-week low $64.07$29.68$43.46 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleOTISROLZWS
P/E now vs peer median 17.9xmedian 20.0x 30.5xmedian 21.5x 24.9xmedian 20.0x
P/S now vs peer median 1.8xmedian 1.5x 4.0xmedian 0.9x 3.9xmedian 1.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 11.3x 19.3xmedian 11.9x 15.1xmedian 11.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 14.6xmedian 15.3x 23.8xmedian 13.9x 18.6xmedian 15.3x
P/B now vs peer median —median 2.8x 11.5xmedian 2.3x 4.2xmedian 2.8x
PEG now vs peer median 2.66median 0.99 3.20median 0.92 0.64median 0.99

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsOTISROLZWS
Revenue $15.14B $3.99B $1.83B
Gross profit – $2.08B $920.70M
Operating income $2.32B $729.77M $403.00M
Net income $1.61B $526.12M $290.60M
Free cash flow – $671.82M $387.00M
R&D $158.00M – –
EPS (diluted) $4.06 $1.10 $1.73
Cash & equivalents $866.00M $129.05M $307.10M
Total debt – $2.69B $500.30M
Shares (diluted) 383.50M 478.98M 168.11M
Enterprise value $27.88B $15.55B $5.94B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricOTISROLZWS
P/E 17.9x 30.5x 24.9x
P/FCF 14.6x 23.8x 18.6x
P/Operating cash flow 15.1x 23.0x 17.4x
P/S 1.8x 4.0x 3.9x
P/B – 11.5x 4.2x
P/Tangible book – 20.0x 8.4x
EV/EBITDA – 19.3x 15.1x
EV/EBIT – 22.8x 18.3x
EV/Revenue 1.8x 4.2x 4.0x
EV/FCF – 24.7x 19.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 15.1x 23.8x 17.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.66 3.20 0.64

Growth

14 metrics
MetricOTISROLZWS
Revenue growth (1Y) 5.8% 8.3% 10.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 2.6% 10.2% 6.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 6.9% 23.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 10.2% 15.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) 12.0% 1.8% 50.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 2.5% 9.0% 31.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 13.2% 2.0% 51.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 3.1% 8.6% 37.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 18.3% 3.2% 53.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 6.7% 9.5% 39.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 24.8% -0.6% 29.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 7.1% 11.8% 13.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -0.5% 34.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 12.7% 14.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricOTISROLZWS
Gross margin – 52.1% 50.4%
EBITDA margin – 21.6% 26.8%
Operating margin – 18.3% 22.1%
Pretax margin – 17.4% 21.0%
Net margin – 13.2% 15.9%
FCF margin – 16.8% 21.2%
Operating cash flow margin 12.1% 17.5% 22.6%
Return on equity – 37.3% 17.3%
Return on assets 14.4% 15.7% 10.4%
Return on invested capital – 26.0% 14.0%
Return on capital employed – 30.8% 16.2%
Asset turnover 1.3x 1.2x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.1x 1.3x 1.4x
Stock comp / revenue 0.5% 1.0% 2.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricOTISROLZWS
Debt / assets – 21.6% 17.8%
Debt / equity – 0.5x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA – 0.7x 0.4x
Debt / FCF – 1.1x 1.3x
Liabilities / assets 145.6% 58.6% 39.7%
Equity / assets – 41.4% 60.3%
Interest coverage – 20.1x 16.1x
Current ratio 0.9x 0.6x 2.9x
Quick ratio – 0.4x 1.8x
Cash ratio – 0.1x 1.0x
Altman Z-score – 6.96 4.74

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricOTISROLZWS
Dividend yield 2.4% 2.2% 1.0%
Net buyback yield – 2.3% 2.2%
Shareholder yield 2.4% 4.4% 3.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) 41.1% 66.8% 25.3%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 52.3% 19.0%
Dividend growth (1Y) 3.6% 10.0% 21.1%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 8.4% 11.2% 14.5%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusOTISROLZWS
Forward P/E 18.7xFY2026 30.7xFY2026 23.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.91FY2026 $1.09FY2026 $1.87FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -3.5%FY2026 0.0%FY2026 +23.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +22.3% +17.4% +3.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $16.18BFY2026 $4.31BFY2026 $1.81BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +12.1%FY2026 +14.7%FY2026 +6.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -3.5% +5.2% +3.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersOTISROLZWS
Held by institutions 93.1% 58.8% 88.6%
Institutions holding 1,219 828 436
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.6% +0.5% +0.9%
Institutions buying 561 416 237
Institutions selling 450 323 144
Buyers to sellers 1.25 1.29 1.65

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

OTISROLZWS
OTIS 1.00 0.30 0.39
ROL 0.30 1.00 0.10
ZWS 0.39 0.10 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, OTIS, ROL and ZWS?

Otis Worldwide (OTIS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Otis Worldwide (OTIS) $27.77B, Rollins (ROL) $16.01B, Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS) $7.19B.

Which stock is cheaper, OTIS, ROL and ZWS?

Otis Worldwide (OTIS) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Otis Worldwide (OTIS) 17.9x, Rollins (ROL) 30.5x, Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS) 24.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Otis Worldwide (OTIS) is cheapest (Otis Worldwide (OTIS) 18.7x, Rollins (ROL) 30.7x, Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS) 23.2x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Otis Worldwide (OTIS) +5.8%, Rollins (ROL) +8.3%, Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS) +10.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS) has the highest net margin (Rollins (ROL) 13.2%, Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS) 15.9%). On return on invested capital, Rollins (ROL) leads (Rollins (ROL) 26.0%, Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS) 14.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS) returned the most: Otis Worldwide (OTIS) -20.1%, Rollins (ROL) -40.2%, Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS) -5.6%. Over five years, Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS) compounded fastest (Otis Worldwide (OTIS) -1.9%/yr, Rollins (ROL) -1.0%/yr, Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS) +3.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Otis Worldwide (OTIS) has the highest dividend yield: Otis Worldwide (OTIS) 2.36%, Rollins (ROL) 2.16%, Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS) 1.01%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Otis Worldwide (OTIS) has been the steadiest (Otis Worldwide (OTIS) 22.8%, Rollins (ROL) 30.1%, Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS) 30.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, OTIS, ROL and ZWS?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.