SIS vs. BLDP, ATS, MTL, ARE, BDT, AFN, AND, BDGI, BBD.A, and WJX
Should you be buying Savaria stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Savaria include Ballard Power Systems (BLDP), ATS (ATS), Mullen Group (MTL), Aecon Group (ARE), Bird Construction (BDT), Ag Growth International (AFN), Andlauer Healthcare Group (AND), Badger Infrastructure Solutions (BDGI), Bombardier (BBD.A), and Wajax (WJX). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Savaria (TSE:SIS) and Ballard Power Systems (TSE:BLDP) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, profitability, earnings, valuation and media sentiment.
Savaria received 273 more outperform votes than Ballard Power Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.70% of users gave Savaria an outperform vote while only 14.29% of users gave Ballard Power Systems an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Savaria and Savaria both had 2 articles in the media. Savaria's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Ballard Power Systems' score of 0.32 indicating that Savaria is being referred to more favorably in the media.
28.0% of Savaria shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.0% of Ballard Power Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.9% of Savaria shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.6% of Ballard Power Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Savaria currently has a consensus target price of C$21.64, indicating a potential upside of 28.75%. Given Savaria's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Savaria is more favorable than Ballard Power Systems.
Savaria has a net margin of 4.52% compared to Ballard Power Systems' net margin of -173.61%. Savaria's return on equity of 7.55% beat Ballard Power Systems' return on equity.
Savaria has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ballard Power Systems has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Savaria has higher revenue and earnings than Ballard Power Systems. Ballard Power Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Savaria, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Savaria beats Ballard Power Systems on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SIS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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