BBD.A vs. HRX, MAL, MDA, AFN, AND, ARE, BDT, MTL, DBM, and CGY
Should you be buying Bombardier stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bombardier include Héroux-Devtek (HRX), Magellan Aerospace (MAL), MDA (MDA), Ag Growth International (AFN), Andlauer Healthcare Group (AND), Aecon Group (ARE), Bird Construction (BDT), Mullen Group (MTL), Doman Building Materials Group (DBM), and Calian Group (CGY). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Bombardier (TSE:BBD.A) and Héroux-Devtek (TSE:HRX) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking, risk and dividends.
Héroux-Devtek has a net margin of 3.97% compared to Bombardier's net margin of 3.21%. Héroux-Devtek's return on equity of 6.05% beat Bombardier's return on equity.
Bombardier has higher revenue and earnings than Héroux-Devtek. Bombardier is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Héroux-Devtek, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bombardier has a beta of 2.99, indicating that its stock price is 199% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Héroux-Devtek has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Héroux-Devtek received 226 more outperform votes than Bombardier when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.47% of users gave Héroux-Devtek an outperform vote while only 66.01% of users gave Bombardier an outperform vote.
Bombardier currently has a consensus target price of C$60.00, indicating a potential downside of 23.37%. Héroux-Devtek has a consensus target price of C$24.13, indicating a potential upside of 23.91%. Given Héroux-Devtek's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Héroux-Devtek is more favorable than Bombardier.
In the previous week, Bombardier and Bombardier both had 1 articles in the media. Héroux-Devtek's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Bombardier's score of 0.18 indicating that Héroux-Devtek is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
2.0% of Bombardier shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.9% of Héroux-Devtek shares are held by institutional investors. 84.8% of Bombardier shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.1% of Héroux-Devtek shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Héroux-Devtek beats Bombardier on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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