ATS vs. SIS, BLDP, XBC, VLN, ENW, NXH, TLA, GFL, TFII, and STN
Should you be buying ATS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ATS include Savaria (SIS), Ballard Power Systems (BLDP), Xebec Adsorption (XBC), Velan (VLN), EnWave (ENW), Next Hydrogen Solutions (NXH), Titan Logix (TLA), GFL Environmental (GFL), TFI International (TFII), and Stantec (STN). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
ATS (TSE:ATS) and Savaria (TSE:SIS) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.
ATS presently has a consensus price target of C$61.29, indicating a potential upside of 44.37%. Savaria has a consensus price target of C$22.64, indicating a potential upside of 26.36%. Given ATS's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly 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.
94.8% of ATS shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.1% of Savaria shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of ATS shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 20.4% of Savaria shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
ATS has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Savaria has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, ATS had 2 more articles in the media than Savaria. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for ATS and 1 mentions for Savaria. Savaria's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat ATS's score of -0.36 indicating that Savaria is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
ATS beats Savaria on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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