BBD.B vs. CAE, MDA, BBD.A, HRX, MAL, FTG, AVP, VOL, FLY, and MRS
Should you be buying Bombardier, Inc. Class B stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bombardier, Inc. Class B include CAE (CAE), MDA Space (MDA), Bombardier (BBD.A), Héroux-Devtek (HRX), Magellan Aerospace (MAL), Firan Technology Group (FTG), Avcorp Industries (AVP), Volatus Aerospace (VOL), FLYHT Aerospace Solutions (FLY), and Mission Ready Solutions (MRS). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.
Bombardier, Inc. Class B (TSE:BBD.B) and CAE (TSE:CAE) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.
Bombardier, Inc. Class B has a beta of 2.99, meaning that its stock price is 199% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CAE has a beta of 1.92, meaning that its stock price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Bombardier, Inc. Class B received 307 more outperform votes than CAE when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.44% of users gave CAE an outperform vote while only 57.24% of users gave Bombardier, Inc. Class B an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Bombardier, Inc. Class B had 7 more articles in the media than CAE. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Bombardier, Inc. Class B and 2 mentions for CAE. CAE's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Bombardier, Inc. Class B's score of 0.41 indicating that CAE is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CAE has a net margin of 6.13% compared to Bombardier, Inc. Class B's net margin of 3.21%. CAE's return on equity of 6.24% beat Bombardier, Inc. Class B's return on equity.
20.4% of Bombardier, Inc. Class B shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.4% of CAE shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Bombardier, Inc. Class B shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of CAE shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Bombardier, Inc. Class B currently has a consensus price target of C$99.70, suggesting a potential upside of 11.93%. CAE has a consensus price target of C$31.40, suggesting a potential upside of 23.43%. Given CAE's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CAE is more favorable than Bombardier, Inc. Class B.
CAE has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bombardier, Inc. Class B. CAE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bombardier, Inc. Class B, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Bombardier, Inc. Class B beats CAE on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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