BBU.UN vs. MDA, CJT, EIF, BDGI, RUS, WTE, SIS, BLDP, MTL, and BDT
Should you be buying Brookfield Business Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brookfield Business Partners include MDA (MDA), Cargojet (CJT), Exchange Income (EIF), Badger Infrastructure Solutions (BDGI), Russel Metals (RUS), Westshore Terminals Investment (WTE), Savaria (SIS), Ballard Power Systems (BLDP), Mullen Group (MTL), and Bird Construction (BDT). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
MDA (TSE:MDA) and Brookfield Business Partners (TSE:BBU.UN) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, MDA had 13 more articles in the media than Brookfield Business Partners. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for MDA and 0 mentions for Brookfield Business Partners. Brookfield Business Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.16 beat MDA's score of 0.00 indicating that MDA is being referred to more favorably in the media.
MDA has a beta of 0.12, suggesting that its share price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Business Partners has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
MDA has a net margin of 6.04% compared to MDA's net margin of 0.88%. MDA's return on equity of 20.44% beat Brookfield Business Partners' return on equity.
Brookfield Business Partners has higher revenue and earnings than MDA. Brookfield Business Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MDA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
28.3% of MDA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.2% of Brookfield Business Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.6% of MDA shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of Brookfield Business Partners shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
MDA pays an annual dividend of C$1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.6%. Brookfield Business Partners pays an annual dividend of C$0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. MDA pays out 370.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Brookfield Business Partners pays out 3.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
MDA presently has a consensus price target of C$14.88, suggesting a potential upside of 6.25%. Brookfield Business Partners has a consensus price target of C$32.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.74%. Given MDA's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Brookfield Business Partners is more favorable than MDA.
Brookfield Business Partners received 68 more outperform votes than MDA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.35% of users gave Brookfield Business Partners an outperform vote while only 59.22% of users gave MDA an outperform vote.
Summary
Brookfield Business Partners beats MDA on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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