WPRT vs. XTC, PNC.B, PNC.A, TRZ, KEG.UN, DII.B, SRV.UN, TCL.B, SXP, and CJR.B
Should you be buying Westport Fuel Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Westport Fuel Systems include Exco Technologies (XTC), Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC (PNC.B), Postmedia Network Canada (PNC.A), Transat A.T. (TRZ), Keg Royalties Income Fund (KEG.UN), Dorel Industries (DII.B), SIR Royalty Income Fund (SRV.UN), Transcontinental (TCL.B), Supremex (SXP), and Corus Entertainment (CJR.B). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Westport Fuel Systems (TSE:WPRT) and Exco Technologies (TSE:XTC) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.
13.3% of Westport Fuel Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.6% of Exco Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 10.8% of Westport Fuel Systems shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 51.2% of Exco Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Exco Technologies has a net margin of 4.52% compared to Westport Fuel Systems' net margin of -16.12%. Exco Technologies' return on equity of 7.82% beat Westport Fuel Systems' return on equity.
Westport Fuel Systems presently has a consensus price target of C$10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.48%. Exco Technologies has a consensus price target of C$13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 62.70%. Given Exco Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Exco Technologies is more favorable than Westport Fuel Systems.
Westport Fuel Systems has a beta of 2.97, meaning that its stock price is 197% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Exco Technologies has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Exco Technologies received 136 more outperform votes than Westport Fuel Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.27% of users gave Westport Fuel Systems an outperform vote while only 53.76% of users gave Exco Technologies an outperform vote.
Exco Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Westport Fuel Systems. Westport Fuel Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Exco Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Exco Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than Westport Fuel Systems. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Exco Technologies and 2 mentions for Westport Fuel Systems. Exco Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Westport Fuel Systems' score of -0.35 indicating that Exco Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Exco Technologies beats Westport Fuel Systems on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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