Porvair (PRV) Competitors GBX 715 +1.00 (+0.14%) As of 11:55 AM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider Trades PRV vs. AFS, MYX, AEG, SMS, BIFF, BOY, HAS, GEC, PAGE, and FANShould 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), Smart Metering Systems (SMS), Biffa (BIFF), Bodycote (BOY), Hays (HAS), General Electric (GEC), PageGroup (PAGE), and Volution Group (FAN). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector. Porvair vs. Amiad Water Systems MYCELX Technologies Active Energy Group Smart Metering Systems Biffa Bodycote Hays General Electric PageGroup Volution Group Porvair (LON:PRV) and Amiad Water Systems (LON:AFS) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and profitability. Does the media favor PRV or AFS? In the previous week, Porvair had 4 more articles in the media than Amiad Water Systems. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Porvair and 0 mentions for Amiad Water Systems. Porvair's average media sentiment score of 0.55 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 Do analysts recommend PRV or AFS? Porvair currently has a consensus price target of GBX 800, suggesting a potential upside of 10.80%. Given Porvair's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Porvair is more favorable than Amiad Water Systems.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Porvair 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.50Amiad Water Systems 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Is PRV or AFS 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 Porvair8.57% 10.75% 6.39% Amiad Water Systems N/A N/A N/A Which has stronger earnings & valuation, PRV or AFS? 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 RatioPorvair£179.19M1.84£15.35M£33.7321.40Amiad Water Systems£104.60M0.00N/A£6.80N/A Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PRV or AFS? Porvair received 108 more outperform votes than Amiad Water Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.19% of users gave Porvair an outperform vote while only 73.08% of users gave Amiad Water Systems an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformPorvairOutperform Votes18474.19% Underperform Votes6425.81% Amiad Water SystemsOutperform Votes7673.08% Underperform Votes2826.92% Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in PRV or AFS? 60.2% of Porvair shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.6% of Porvair shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. SummaryPorvair beats Amiad Water Systems on 14 of the 15 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£330.35M£85.68M£5.09B£2.62BDividend Yield0.87%19.64%3.95%5.03%P/E Ratio21.407.8721.83158.97Price / Sales1.8434.82191.41311,254.34Price / Cash17.3719.0630.0027.80Price / Book2.263.433.835.18Net Income£15.35M-£1.02M£1.08B£5.66B7 Day Performance-0.55%-0.05%1.08%3.27%1 Month Performance1.98%-6.11%3.74%3.38%1 Year Performance13.17%1.51%27.89%34.10% Porvair Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)PRVPorvair3.0494 of 5 starsGBX 715+0.1%GBX 800+11.9%+13.7%£327.15M£179.19M21.20976AFSAmiad Water SystemsN/AN/AN/AN/A£110.71M£104.60M53.533,950Gap UpHigh Trading VolumeMYXMYCELX Technologies1.3433 of 5 starsGBX 31.15-1.1%GBX 95+205.0%-42.6%£7.59M£8.84M-283.18N/AAEGActive Energy GroupN/AGBX 0.36+2.9%N/A-6.7%£583,000.00£1.95M-18.0022,300Gap UpSMSSmart Metering SystemsN/AN/AN/AN/A£1.27B£135.52M8,654.551,361BIFFBiffaN/AN/AN/AN/A£1.26B£1.44B-51.257,357BOYBodycote2.0938 of 5 starsGBX 655+0.9%GBX 812.50+24.0%+8.0%£1.20B£781.40M1,984.854,833Positive NewsHASHays3.1731 of 5 starsGBX 75.50+0.1%GBX 120+58.9%-23.3%£1.20B£6.95B1,905.006,490GECGeneral ElectricN/AN/AN/AN/A£1.14B£69.52B27.63125,000Gap UpPAGEPageGroup3.4116 of 5 starsGBX 329+1.7%GBX 495+50.5%-26.5%£1.08B£1.87B2,056.257,859Gap UpFANVolution Group2.6328 of 5 starsGBX 535+0.2%GBX 700+30.8%+22.6%£1.06B£338.20M2,547.621,909News Coverage Related Companies and Tools Related Companies AFS Alternatives MYX Alternatives AEG Alternatives SMS Alternatives BIFF Alternatives BOY Alternatives HAS Alternatives GEC Alternatives PAGE Alternatives FAN Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (LON:PRV) was last updated on 2/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersCollect $7k per month from Tesla’s SECRET dividendTesla doesn't pay a traditional dividend.... 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