MAL vs. HRX, FTG, BBD.A, ISV, DIV, CHR, BDI, GDI, DXT, and KBL
Should you be buying Magellan Aerospace stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Magellan Aerospace include Héroux-Devtek (HRX), Firan Technology Group (FTG), Bombardier (BBD.A), Information Services (ISV), Diversified Royalty (DIV), Chorus Aviation (CHR), Black Diamond Group (BDI), GDI Integrated Facility Services (GDI), Dexterra Group (DXT), and K-Bro Linen (KBL). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Magellan Aerospace (TSE:MAL) and Héroux-Devtek (TSE:HRX) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and media sentiment.
Magellan Aerospace currently has a consensus price target of C$16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 102.53%. Héroux-Devtek has a consensus price target of C$24.13, suggesting a potential upside of 23.97%. Given Magellan Aerospace's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Magellan Aerospace is more favorable than Héroux-Devtek.
In the previous week, Magellan Aerospace had 2 more articles in the media than Héroux-Devtek. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Magellan Aerospace and 1 mentions for Héroux-Devtek. Magellan Aerospace's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Héroux-Devtek's score of 0.30 indicating that Magellan Aerospace is being referred to more favorably in the media.
2.8% of Magellan Aerospace shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.9% of Héroux-Devtek shares are held by institutional investors. 79.3% of Magellan Aerospace 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 will outperform the market over the long term.
Héroux-Devtek received 133 more outperform votes than Magellan Aerospace when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.93% of users gave Magellan Aerospace an outperform vote while only 70.47% of users gave Héroux-Devtek an outperform vote.
Magellan Aerospace has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Héroux-Devtek has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Héroux-Devtek has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Magellan Aerospace. Héroux-Devtek is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Magellan Aerospace, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Héroux-Devtek has a net margin of 3.97% compared to Magellan Aerospace's net margin of 1.31%. Héroux-Devtek's return on equity of 6.05% beat Magellan Aerospace's return on equity.
Summary
Héroux-Devtek beats Magellan Aerospace on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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