RAIL vs. RVSN, IMPP, AIRT, PXS, GLBS, SFWL, EDRY, BEST, CTRM, and SRFM
Should you be buying FreightCar America stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FreightCar America include Rail Vision (RVSN), Imperial Petroleum (IMPP), Air T (AIRT), Pyxis Tankers (PXS), Globus Maritime (GLBS), Shengfeng Development (SFWL), EuroDry (EDRY), BEST (BEST), Castor Maritime (CTRM), and Surf Air Mobility (SRFM). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
FreightCar America (NASDAQ:RAIL) and Rail Vision (NASDAQ:RVSN) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation and earnings.
Rail Vision has a net margin of 0.00% compared to FreightCar America's net margin of -8.45%. FreightCar America's return on equity of 0.00% beat Rail Vision's return on equity.
FreightCar America received 248 more outperform votes than Rail Vision when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Rail Vision an outperform vote while only 52.87% of users gave FreightCar America an outperform vote.
FreightCar America has a beta of 1.91, suggesting that its stock price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rail Vision has a beta of 0.18, suggesting that its stock price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Rail Vision has lower revenue, but higher earnings than FreightCar America. FreightCar America is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rail Vision, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, FreightCar America had 5 more articles in the media than Rail Vision. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for FreightCar America and 3 mentions for Rail Vision. Rail Vision's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat FreightCar America's score of 0.01 indicating that Rail Vision is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
86.4% of FreightCar America shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.7% of Rail Vision shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.2% of FreightCar America shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of Rail Vision shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
FreightCar America presently has a consensus target price of $4.25, indicating a potential upside of 29.57%. Given FreightCar America's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe FreightCar America is more favorable than Rail Vision.
Summary
FreightCar America beats Rail Vision on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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