ATS vs. BLDP, SIS, SES, FTT, BBD.B, RUS, EIF, AC, BBU.UN, and CJT
Should you be buying ATS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ATS include Ballard Power Systems (BLDP), Savaria (SIS), Secure Energy Services (SES), Finning International (FTT), Bombardier, Inc. Class B (BBD.B), Russel Metals (RUS), Exchange Income (EIF), Air Canada (AC), Brookfield Business Partners (BBU.UN), and Cargojet (CJT). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
ATS (TSE:ATS) and Ballard Power Systems (TSE:BLDP) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, risk and valuation.
ATS has a net margin of 5.88% compared to Ballard Power Systems' net margin of -173.61%. ATS's return on equity of 12.98% beat Ballard Power Systems' return on equity.
ATS received 13 more outperform votes than Ballard Power Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.73% of users gave ATS an outperform vote while only 14.29% of users gave Ballard Power Systems an outperform vote.
94.0% of ATS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.9% of Ballard Power Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of ATS shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.6% of Ballard Power Systems shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
ATS has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ballard Power Systems has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, ATS had 18 more articles in the media than Ballard Power Systems. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for ATS and 2 mentions for Ballard Power Systems. Ballard Power Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat ATS's score of -0.05 indicating that Ballard Power Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ATS currently has a consensus target price of C$62.00, suggesting a potential upside of 30.50%. Given ATS's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe ATS is more favorable than Ballard Power Systems.
ATS has higher revenue and earnings than Ballard Power Systems. Ballard Power Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ATS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
ATS beats Ballard Power Systems on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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