PII vs. DOOO, MOD, HOG, LCID, GT, XPEV, NIO, VC, ALSN, and LCII
Should you be buying Polaris stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Polaris include BRP (DOOO), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), Harley-Davidson (HOG), Lucid Group (LCID), Goodyear Tire & Rubber (GT), XPeng (XPEV), NIO (NIO), Visteon (VC), Allison Transmission (ALSN), and LCI Industries (LCII). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.
BRP (NASDAQ:DOOO) and Polaris (NYSE:PII) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Polaris had 42 more articles in the media than BRP. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for Polaris and 4 mentions for BRP. Polaris' average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat BRP's score of 0.08 indicating that BRP is being referred to more favorably in the media.
BRP has a net margin of 7.20% compared to BRP's net margin of 4.63%. Polaris' return on equity of 120.39% beat BRP's return on equity.
Polaris received 498 more outperform votes than BRP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.83% of users gave Polaris an outperform vote while only 56.42% of users gave BRP an outperform vote.
BRP has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Polaris. BRP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Polaris, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BRP currently has a consensus target price of $111.75, suggesting a potential upside of 62.57%. Polaris has a consensus target price of $100.27, suggesting a potential upside of 19.64%. Given Polaris' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe BRP is more favorable than Polaris.
88.1% of Polaris shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Polaris shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
BRP has a beta of 2.12, meaning that its stock price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Polaris has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.
BRP pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Polaris pays an annual dividend of $2.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. BRP pays out 8.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Polaris pays out 38.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. BRP has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Polaris has raised its dividend for 29 consecutive years. Polaris is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
BRP beats Polaris on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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