CAE vs. BBD.B, EFN, AC, FTT, TIH, ATS, STN, SES, RUS, and EIF
Should you be buying CAE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CAE include Bombardier, Inc. Class B (BBD.B), Element Fleet Management (EFN), Air Canada (AC), Finning International (FTT), Toromont Industries (TIH), ATS (ATS), Stantec (STN), Secure Energy Services (SES), Russel Metals (RUS), and Exchange Income (EIF). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
CAE (TSE:CAE) and Bombardier, Inc. Class B (TSE:BBD.B) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk and valuation.
CAE has a net margin of 6.13% compared to Bombardier, Inc. Class B's net margin of 5.53%. CAE's return on equity of 6.24% beat Bombardier, Inc. Class B's return on equity.
CAE presently has a consensus price target of C$32.80, suggesting a potential upside of 17.14%. Bombardier, Inc. Class B has a consensus price target of C$87.56, suggesting a potential upside of 22.95%. Given Bombardier, Inc. Class B's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Bombardier, Inc. Class B is more favorable than CAE.
74.1% of CAE shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.6% of Bombardier, Inc. Class B shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of CAE shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Bombardier, Inc. Class B shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
CAE has a beta of 1.91, indicating that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bombardier, Inc. Class B has a beta of 2.96, indicating that its share price is 196% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Bombardier, Inc. Class B had 16 more articles in the media than CAE. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Bombardier, Inc. Class B and 5 mentions for CAE. Bombardier, Inc. Class B's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat CAE's score of 0.09 indicating that Bombardier, Inc. Class B is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bombardier, Inc. Class B received 307 more outperform votes than CAE when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.39% of users gave CAE an outperform vote while only 57.11% of users gave Bombardier, Inc. Class B an outperform vote.
Bombardier, Inc. Class B has higher revenue and earnings than CAE. Bombardier, Inc. Class B is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CAE, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Bombardier, Inc. Class B beats CAE on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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