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Porvair (PRV) Competitors

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GBX 748 +2.00 (+0.27%)
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PRV vs. AFS, MYX, AEG, PPHC, TPK, BOE, SMS, FAN, BIFF, and WIZZ

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), Public Policy (PPHC), Travis Perkins (TPK), Boeing (BOE), Smart Metering Systems (SMS), Volution Group (FAN), Biffa (BIFF), and Wizz Air (WIZZ). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.

Porvair vs. Its Competitors

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

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
Amiad Water SystemsN/A N/A N/A
Porvair 8.57%10.75%6.39%

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

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

53.0% of Porvair shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Porvair shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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
Amiad Water Systems£104.60M0.00N/A£6.80N/A
Porvair£195.70M1.76£15.35M£0.372,038.15

In the previous week, Porvair had 1 more articles in the media than Amiad Water Systems. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Porvair and 0 mentions for Amiad Water Systems. Porvair's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Amiad Water Systems' score of 0.00 indicating that Porvair is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Amiad Water Systems Neutral
Porvair Neutral

Summary

Porvair beats Amiad Water Systems on 10 of the 12 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£345.08M£428.27M£7.85B£2.61B
Dividend Yield0.87%22.15%4.57%5.28%
P/E Ratio2,038.15114.83303.624,440.52
Price / Sales1.7648.301,361.68100,568.44
Price / Cash17.3719.0628.3627.90
Price / Book2.353.374.958.88
Net Income£15.35M-£1.02M£791.48M£5.89B
7 Day Performance0.54%2.69%0.79%0.81%
1 Month Performance3.60%4.50%5.44%5.86%
1 Year Performance11.98%11.19%30.27%154.98%

Porvair Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PRV
Porvair
N/AGBX 748
+0.3%
N/A+13.4%£345.08M£195.70M2,038.15976News Coverage
AFS
Amiad Water Systems
N/AN/AN/AN/A£110.71M£104.60M53.533,950Gap Up
High Trading Volume
MYX
MYCELX Technologies
N/AGBX 29.20
+0.7%
N/A-28.7%£7.11M£4.90M-243.33N/A
AEG
Active Energy Group
N/AGBX 0.10
-2.0%
N/A+80.0%£487KN/A-8.3522,300Positive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
PPHC
Public Policy
1.5415 of 5 stars
GBX 1,089.60
+444.8%
GBX 260
-76.1%
+60.0%£1.37B£149.56M-5,188.57367Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Stock Split
TPK
Travis Perkins
0.8565 of 5 stars
GBX 634
+0.2%
GBX 641.67
+1.2%
-30.0%£1.34B£4.56B-2,401.5219,172Positive News
BOE
Boeing
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.32B£70.54B-30.77156,000Gap Up
SMS
Smart Metering Systems
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.27B£135.52M8,654.551,361
FAN
Volution Group
1.9829 of 5 stars
GBX 637
+1.6%
GBX 746.67
+17.2%
+11.0%£1.26B£362.97M3,217.171,909News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
BIFF
Biffa
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.26B£1.44B-51.257,357
WIZZ
Wizz Air
1.5919 of 5 stars
GBX 1,175
+2.2%
GBX 1,250
+6.4%
-8.6%£1.22B£5.27B660.117,389

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This page (LON:PRV) was last updated on 10/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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