BAER vs. VTSI, EVTL, TATT, ISSC, PKE, SPIR, PGSS, OPXS, RDW, and SPCE
Should you be buying Bridger Aerospace Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bridger Aerospace Group include VirTra (VTSI), Vertical Aerospace (EVTL), TAT Technologies (TATT), Innovative Solutions and Support (ISSC), Park Aerospace (PKE), Spire Global (SPIR), Pegasus Digital Mobility Acquisition (PGSS), Optex Systems (OPXS), Redwire (RDW), and Virgin Galactic (SPCE). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
Bridger Aerospace Group (NASDAQ:BAER) and VirTra (NASDAQ:VTSI) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking and valuation.
VirTra has a net margin of 22.09% compared to Bridger Aerospace Group's net margin of -73.43%. VirTra's return on equity of 21.41% beat Bridger Aerospace Group's return on equity.
VirTra received 42 more outperform votes than Bridger Aerospace Group when rated by MarketBeat users.
48.9% of Bridger Aerospace Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.7% of VirTra shares are owned by institutional investors. 70.7% of Bridger Aerospace Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of VirTra 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.
Bridger Aerospace Group has a beta of -0.13, indicating that its stock price is 113% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VirTra has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
VirTra has a consensus price target of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 26.48%. Given VirTra's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe VirTra is more favorable than Bridger Aerospace Group.
VirTra has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bridger Aerospace Group. Bridger Aerospace Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VirTra, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Bridger Aerospace Group had 1 more articles in the media than VirTra. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Bridger Aerospace Group and 9 mentions for VirTra. Bridger Aerospace Group's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat VirTra's score of 0.47 indicating that Bridger Aerospace Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
VirTra beats Bridger Aerospace Group on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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