DOOO vs. PII, CHPT, GNTX, IAA, HOG, OSK, FOXF, DRVN, VC, and PSNY
Should you be buying BRP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BRP include Polaris (PII), ChargePoint (CHPT), Gentex (GNTX), IAA (IAA), Harley-Davidson (HOG), Oshkosh (OSK), Fox Factory (FOXF), Driven Brands (DRVN), Visteon (VC), and Polestar Automotive Holding UK (PSNY). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.
BRP vs.
BRP (NASDAQ:DOOO) and Polaris (NYSE:PII) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, BRP had 13 more articles in the media than Polaris. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for BRP and 5 mentions for Polaris. BRP's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Polaris' score of 0.49 indicating that BRP is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Polaris received 490 more outperform votes than BRP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.17% of users gave Polaris an outperform vote while only 59.24% of users gave BRP an outperform vote.
27.6% of BRP shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.6% of Polaris shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Polaris shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
BRP has a net margin of 8.59% compared to Polaris' net margin of 5.10%. BRP's return on equity of 779.10% beat Polaris' return on equity.
BRP presently has a consensus target price of $132.67, indicating a potential upside of 69.65%. Polaris has a consensus target price of $113.70, indicating a potential upside of 2.78%. Given BRP's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe BRP is more favorable than Polaris.
BRP has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Polaris. BRP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Polaris, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BRP pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Polaris pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. BRP pays out 5.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Polaris pays out 34.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
BRP has a beta of 2.29, indicating that its share price is 129% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Polaris has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
BRP beats Polaris on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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