CAE vs. BBD.B, MDA, BBD.A, HRX, MAL, FTG, AVP, VOL, FLY, and MRS
Should you be buying CAE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CAE include Bombardier, Inc. Class B (BBD.B), 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 investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.
Bombardier, Inc. Class B presently has a consensus target price of C$99.70, indicating a potential upside of 11.93%. CAE has a consensus target price of C$31.40, indicating a potential upside of 23.91%. Given Bombardier, Inc. Class B's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe CAE is more favorable than Bombardier, Inc. Class B.
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. Bombardier, Inc. Class B's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat CAE's score of 0.41 indicating that CAE is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
20.4% of Bombardier, Inc. Class B shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.4% of CAE shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Bombardier, Inc. Class B shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of CAE shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Bombardier, Inc. Class B has a beta of 2.99, suggesting that its share price is 199% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CAE has a beta of 1.92, suggesting that its share 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.
CAE has a net margin of 6.13% compared to CAE's net margin of 3.21%. Bombardier, Inc. Class B's return on equity of 6.24% beat CAE's return on equity.
Summary
Bombardier, Inc. Class B beats CAE on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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