Porvair (PRV) Competitors GBX 784 -4.00 (-0.51%) As of 12:42 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesBuy This Stock PRV vs. AFS, MYX, AEG, BOE, TPK, SMS, BIFF, FAN, HAS, and KLRShould 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), Boeing (BOE), Travis Perkins (TPK), Smart Metering Systems (SMS), Biffa (BIFF), Volution Group (FAN), Hays (HAS), and Keller Group (KLR). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector. Porvair vs. Amiad Water Systems MYCELX Technologies Active Energy Group Boeing Travis Perkins Smart Metering Systems Biffa Volution Group Hays Keller Group Amiad Water Systems (LON:AFS) and Porvair (LON:PRV) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations. Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in AFS or PRV? 60.2% of Porvair shares are held by institutional investors. 21.6% of Porvair shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AFS or PRV? Porvair received 108 more outperform votes than Amiad Water Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.90% of users gave Porvair an outperform vote while only 73.08% of users gave Amiad Water Systems an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformAmiad Water SystemsOutperform Votes7673.08% Underperform Votes2826.92% PorvairOutperform Votes18473.90% Underperform Votes6526.10% Is AFS or PRV more profitable? 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% Which has stronger valuation & earnings, AFS or PRV? 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 RatioAmiad Water Systems£104.60M0.00N/A£6.80N/APorvair£179.19M2.00£15.35M£33.7323.24 Does the media prefer AFS or PRV? In the previous week, Amiad Water Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Porvair'saverage media sentiment score. Company Overall Sentiment Amiad Water Systems Neutral Porvair Neutral Do analysts prefer AFS or PRV? Porvair has a consensus target price of GBX 800, indicating a potential upside of 2.04%. Given Porvair's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Porvair is more favorable than Amiad Water Systems.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) 0.00Porvair 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.50 SummaryPorvair beats Amiad Water Systems on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Porvair News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for PRV and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address Media Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart PRV vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricPorvairPollution & Treatment Controls IndustryIndustrials SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£358.72M£86.24M£7.66B£2.66BDividend Yield0.87%19.64%4.58%5.05%P/E Ratio23.247.2823.23129.21Price / Sales2.0035.5690.51221,406.01Price / Cash17.3719.0626.9428.02Price / Book2.463.103.983.79Net Income£15.35M-£1.02M£807.24M£5.88B7 Day Performance-1.51%4.77%0.74%0.63%1 Month Performance7.99%10.32%11.08%22.11%1 Year Performance23.27%-13.58%19.47%120.87% Porvair Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)PRVPorvairN/AGBX 784-0.5%GBX 800+2.0%+25.1%£358.72M£179.19M23.24976Gap DownAFSAmiad Water SystemsN/AN/AN/AN/A£110.71M£104.60M53.533,950Gap UpHigh Trading VolumeMYXMYCELX Technologies2.5544 of 5 starsGBX 20+7.5%GBX 95+375.0%-50.7%£5.75M£11.21M-1.59N/ANews CoverageInsider TradeHigh Trading VolumeAEGActive Energy GroupN/AGBX 0.21-2.8%N/A+18.0%£423,000.00N/A-0.7522,300Gap DownBOEBoeingN/AN/AN/AN/A£1.32B£70.54B-30.77156,000Gap UpTPKTravis Perkins2.4527 of 5 starsGBX 620.50-0.7%GBX 823.33+32.7%-25.8%£1.31B£4.77B-75.1219,172News CoverageSMSSmart Metering SystemsN/AN/AN/AN/A£1.27B£135.52M8,654.551,361News CoverageBIFFBiffaN/AN/AN/AN/A£1.26B£1.44B-51.257,357FANVolution Group1.1676 of 5 starsGBX 621+1.0%GBX 700+12.7%+36.9%£1.23B£346.77M28.591,909News CoverageGap DownHASHays3.3664 of 5 starsGBX 76.35-0.5%GBX 120+57.2%-30.8%£1.20B£6.91B-244.936,490Gap DownKLRKeller Group2.6882 of 5 starsGBX 1,574+1.9%GBX 1,750+11.2%+19.2%£1.15B£3.01B9.119,500News CoveragePositive NewsHigh Trading Volume Related Companies and Tools Related Companies AFS Alternatives MYX Alternatives AEG Alternatives BOE Alternatives TPK Alternatives SMS Alternatives BIFF Alternatives FAN Alternatives HAS Alternatives KLR Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (LON:PRV) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersJuly 2025 Rule Change to Impact Retirement InvestorsThere's a massive change from a new rule going into effect this July. 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