QS vs. CAE, NOVT, ATKR, ENS, FLNC, RUN, SPB, ENR, ENVX, and SES
Should you be buying QuantumScape stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of QuantumScape include CAE (CAE), Novanta (NOVT), Atkore (ATKR), EnerSys (ENS), Fluence Energy (FLNC), Sunrun (RUN), Spectrum Brands (SPB), Energizer (ENR), Enovix (ENVX), and SES AI (SES). These companies are all part of the "miscellaneous electrical machinery, equipment, & supplies" industry.
QuantumScape (NYSE:QS) and CAE (NYSE:CAE) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
QuantumScape has a net margin of 0.00% compared to CAE's net margin of -6.97%. CAE's return on equity of 6.10% beat QuantumScape's return on equity.
QuantumScape currently has a consensus target price of $6.09, indicating a potential upside of 6.99%. CAE has a consensus target price of $32.00, indicating a potential upside of 69.76%. Given CAE's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CAE is more favorable than QuantumScape.
In the previous week, CAE had 15 more articles in the media than QuantumScape. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for CAE and 4 mentions for QuantumScape. QuantumScape's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat CAE's score of 0.03 indicating that QuantumScape is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CAE has higher revenue and earnings than QuantumScape. CAE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than QuantumScape, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CAE received 546 more outperform votes than QuantumScape when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.53% of users gave CAE an outperform vote while only 29.03% of users gave QuantumScape an outperform vote.
QuantumScape has a beta of 4.69, indicating that its share price is 369% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CAE has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.
29.9% of QuantumScape shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.4% of CAE shares are held by institutional investors. 10.2% of QuantumScape shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 18.3% of CAE shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
CAE beats QuantumScape on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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