VTSI vs. TATT, ISSC, PGSS, EVTL, BAER, OPXS, HOVR, SPIR, RDW, and PKE
Should you be buying VirTra stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of VirTra include TAT Technologies (TATT), Innovative Solutions and Support (ISSC), Pegasus Digital Mobility Acquisition (PGSS), Vertical Aerospace (EVTL), Bridger Aerospace Group (BAER), Optex Systems (OPXS), New Horizon Aircraft (HOVR), Spire Global (SPIR), Redwire (RDW), and Park Aerospace (PKE). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
TAT Technologies (NASDAQ:TATT) and VirTra (NASDAQ:VTSI) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, profitability, risk and dividends.
In the previous week, VirTra had 7 more articles in the media than TAT Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for VirTra and 0 mentions for TAT Technologies. TAT Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat VirTra's score of 0.00 indicating that VirTra is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
VirTra has lower revenue, but higher earnings than TAT Technologies. VirTra is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TAT Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
TAT Technologies has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VirTra has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
15.1% of TAT Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.7% of VirTra shares are held by institutional investors. 8.8% of TAT Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of VirTra shares are held by company 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.
VirTra has a consensus target price of $16.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.78%. Given TAT Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe VirTra is more favorable than TAT Technologies.
VirTra has a net margin of 22.09% compared to VirTra's net margin of 4.11%. TAT Technologies' return on equity of 21.41% beat VirTra's return on equity.
TAT Technologies received 48 more outperform votes than VirTra when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.76% of users gave VirTra an outperform vote while only 61.64% of users gave TAT Technologies an outperform vote.
Summary
VirTra beats TAT Technologies on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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