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Porvair (PRV) Competitors

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GBX 758 -2.00 (-0.26%)
As of 10/17/2025 11:54 AM Eastern

PRV vs. AFS, MYX, AEG, FAN, BOE, TPK, SMS, BIFF, WIZZ, and BOY

Should you be buying Porvair stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Porvair include Amiad Water Systems (AFS), MYCELX Technologies (MYX), Active Energy Group (AEG), Volution Group (FAN), Boeing (BOE), Travis Perkins (TPK), Smart Metering Systems (SMS), Biffa (BIFF), Wizz Air (WIZZ), and Bodycote (BOY). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.

Porvair vs. Its Competitors

Porvair (LON:PRV) and Amiad Water Systems (LON:AFS) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Porvair has a net margin of 8.57% compared to Amiad Water Systems' net margin of 0.00%. Porvair's return on equity of 10.75% beat Amiad Water Systems' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Porvair8.57% 10.75% 6.39%
Amiad Water Systems N/A N/A N/A

Given Amiad Water Systems' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Amiad Water Systems is more favorable than Porvair.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Porvair
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Amiad Water Systems
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Porvair has higher revenue and earnings than Amiad Water Systems. Amiad Water Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Porvair, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Porvair£195.70M1.79£15.35M£0.372,065.40
Amiad Water Systems£104.60M0.00N/A£6.80N/A

53.0% of Porvair shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Porvair shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Porvair's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Amiad Water Systems' score of 0.00 indicating that Porvair is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Porvair Positive
Amiad Water Systems Neutral

Summary

Porvair beats Amiad Water Systems on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON 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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PRV vs. The Competition

MetricPorvairPollution & Treatment Controls IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£349.69M£445.21M£7.86B£2.57B
Dividend Yield0.84%22.14%4.59%5.37%
P/E Ratio2,065.40116.20284.174,242.56
Price / Sales1.7947.591,248.9799,406.89
Price / Cash17.3719.0627.9127.90
Price / Book2.383.334.798.11
Net Income£15.35M-£1.02M£790.12M£5.89B
7 Day Performance0.80%-1.63%0.12%-0.62%
1 Month Performance5.87%2.18%1.45%0.88%
1 Year Performance13.13%9.49%26.55%126.01%

Porvair Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PRV
Porvair
N/AGBX 758
-0.3%
N/A+12.8%£349.69M£195.70M2,065.40976Gap Up
AFS
Amiad Water Systems
N/AN/AN/AN/A£110.71M£104.60M53.533,950Gap Up
High Trading Volume
MYX
MYCELX Technologies
N/AGBX 28.15
-4.6%
N/A-28.9%£6.86M£3.07M-201.07N/AGap Down
AEG
Active Energy Group
N/AGBX 0.10
-4.0%
N/A+78.2%£3.65MN/A-11.1822,300Positive News
High Trading Volume
FAN
Volution Group
2.4865 of 5 stars
GBX 683
+5.2%
GBX 750
+9.8%
+2.7%£1.35B£362.97M3,449.491,909News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Gap Up
BOE
Boeing
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.32B£70.54B-30.77156,000Gap Up
TPK
Travis Perkins
1.4601 of 5 stars
GBX 617.50
-0.3%
GBX 641.67
+3.9%
-34.8%£1.30B£4.56B-2,339.0219,172News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
SMS
Smart Metering Systems
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.27B£135.52M8,654.551,361
BIFF
Biffa
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.26B£1.44B-51.257,357News Coverage
WIZZ
Wizz Air
1.6771 of 5 stars
GBX 1,167
+0.4%
GBX 1,250
+7.1%
-3.0%£1.21B£5.27B655.627,389
BOY
Bodycote
2.8994 of 5 stars
GBX 678.50
-0.6%
GBX 811.67
+19.6%
+13.1%£1.19B£727.10M4,240.634,833News Coverage

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This page (LON:PRV) was last updated on 10/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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