SIS vs. ATS, BLDP, XBC, VLN, ENW, TLA, NXH, ATA, SES, and SVI
Should you be buying Savaria stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Savaria include ATS (ATS), Ballard Power Systems (BLDP), Xebec Adsorption (XBC), Velan (VLN), EnWave (ENW), Titan Logix (TLA), Next Hydrogen Solutions (NXH), ATS Automation Tooling Systems (ATA), Secure Energy Services (SES), and StorageVault Canada (SVI). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Savaria (TSE:SIS) and ATS (TSE:ATS) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
ATS has higher revenue and earnings than Savaria. ATS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Savaria, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Savaria has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ATS has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Savaria had 3 more articles in the media than ATS. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Savaria and 0 mentions for ATS. Savaria's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat ATS's score of 0.00 indicating that Savaria is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Savaria presently has a consensus target price of C$22.64, indicating a potential upside of 26.78%. ATS has a consensus target price of C$61.29, indicating a potential upside of 35.62%. Given ATS's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ATS is more favorable than Savaria.
ATS has a net margin of 6.39% compared to Savaria's net margin of 5.13%. ATS's return on equity of 13.80% beat Savaria's return on equity.
Savaria received 259 more outperform votes than ATS when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.91% of users gave ATS an outperform vote while only 69.00% of users gave Savaria an outperform vote.
27.1% of Savaria shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of ATS shares are held by institutional investors. 20.4% of Savaria shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of ATS shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
ATS beats Savaria on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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