HRX vs. BBD.A, MAL, MDA, CGY, DBM, ALC, GDI, WJX, BDI, and ISV
Should you be buying Héroux-Devtek stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Héroux-Devtek include Bombardier (BBD.A), Magellan Aerospace (MAL), MDA (MDA), Calian Group (CGY), Doman Building Materials Group (DBM), Algoma Central (ALC), GDI Integrated Facility Services (GDI), Wajax (WJX), Black Diamond Group (BDI), and Information Services (ISV). 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 superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.
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 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 net margin of 5.53% compared to Bombardier's net margin of 3.97%. Bombardier's return on equity of 6.05% beat Héroux-Devtek's return on equity.
In the previous week, Bombardier had 2 more articles in the media than Héroux-Devtek. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Bombardier and 1 mentions for Héroux-Devtek. Bombardier's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Héroux-Devtek's score of 0.16 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, 53.2% 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, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Bombardier has a beta of 2.96, meaning that its stock price is 196% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Héroux-Devtek has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Bombardier presently has a consensus target price of C$60.00, indicating a potential downside of 18.33%. Héroux-Devtek has a consensus target price of C$24.13, indicating a potential upside of 24.23%. Given Bombardier's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Héroux-Devtek is more favorable than Bombardier.
Summary
Héroux-Devtek beats Bombardier on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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