PX vs. BRDG, NOAH, BSIG, PAX, ABL, FDUS, VINP, ALTI, DHIL, and VALU
Should you be buying Praxair stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Praxair include Bridge Investment Group (BRDG), Noah (NOAH), BrightSphere Investment Group (BSIG), Patria Investments (PAX), Abacus Life (ABL), Fidus Investment (FDUS), Vinci Partners Investments (VINP), AlTi Global (ALTI), Diamond Hill Investment Group (DHIL), and Value Line (VALU). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.
Bridge Investment Group (NYSE:BRDG) and Praxair (NYSE:PX) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Bridge Investment Group had 1 more articles in the media than Praxair. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Bridge Investment Group and 1 mentions for Praxair. Praxair's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Bridge Investment Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Bridge Investment Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
52.8% of Bridge Investment Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.1% of Praxair shares are owned by institutional investors. 73.0% of Bridge Investment Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.5% of Praxair shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Bridge Investment Group currently has a consensus target price of $10.20, indicating a potential upside of 29.44%. Praxair has a consensus target price of $10.67, indicating a potential upside of 30.24%. Given Bridge Investment Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Praxair is more favorable than Bridge Investment Group.
Bridge Investment Group has a net margin of 0.25% compared to Bridge Investment Group's net margin of -1.00%. Bridge Investment Group's return on equity of 24.14% beat Praxair's return on equity.
Praxair received 509 more outperform votes than Bridge Investment Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.92% of users gave Praxair an outperform vote while only 63.46% of users gave Bridge Investment Group an outperform vote.
Bridge Investment Group pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Praxair pays an annual dividend of $0.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Bridge Investment Group pays out -116.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Praxair pays out -650.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Praxair has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Bridge Investment Group has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Praxair has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Bridge Investment Group has higher revenue and earnings than Praxair. Praxair is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bridge Investment Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Bridge Investment Group beats Praxair on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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