CAE vs. BBD.B, EFN, TIH, AC, FTT, STN, ATS, SES, GFL, and TFII
Should you be buying CAE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CAE include Bombardier, Inc. Class B (BBD.B), Element Fleet Management (EFN), Toromont Industries (TIH), Air Canada (AC), Finning International (FTT), Stantec (STN), ATS (ATS), Secure Energy Services (SES), GFL Environmental (GFL), and TFI International (TFII). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
CAE (TSE:CAE) and Bombardier, Inc. Class B (TSE:BBD.B) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.
Bombardier, Inc. Class B has higher revenue and earnings than CAE. Bombardier, Inc. Class B is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CAE, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CAE has a beta of 1.92, meaning that its share price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bombardier, Inc. Class B has a beta of 2.96, meaning that its share price is 196% more volatile than the S&P 500.
72.8% of CAE shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.6% of Bombardier, Inc. Class B shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of CAE shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Bombardier, Inc. Class B shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
CAE has a net margin of 6.13% compared to Bombardier, Inc. Class B's net margin of 5.53%. CAE's return on equity of 6.24% beat Bombardier, Inc. Class B's return on equity.
Bombardier, Inc. Class B received 307 more outperform votes than CAE when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.39% of users gave CAE an outperform vote while only 57.11% of users gave Bombardier, Inc. Class B an outperform vote.
In the previous week, CAE had 1 more articles in the media than Bombardier, Inc. Class B. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for CAE and 3 mentions for Bombardier, Inc. Class B. Bombardier, Inc. Class B's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat CAE's score of 0.28 indicating that Bombardier, Inc. Class B is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CAE currently has a consensus price target of C$32.80, suggesting a potential upside of 18.63%. Bombardier, Inc. Class B has a consensus price target of C$87.56, suggesting a potential upside of 10.70%. Given CAE's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe CAE is more favorable than Bombardier, Inc. Class B.
Summary
Bombardier, Inc. Class B beats CAE on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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