Taylor Devices (TAYD) Competitors

Taylor Devices (NASDAQ:TAYD) and Palladyne AI (NASDAQ:PDYN) are both small-cap machinery companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Do analysts recommend TAYD or PDYN?

Palladyne AI has a consensus target price of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 45.63%. Given Palladyne AI's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Palladyne AI is more favorable than Taylor Devices.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Taylor Devices	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Palladyne AI	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, TAYD or PDYN?

Taylor Devices has higher revenue and earnings than Palladyne AI. Palladyne AI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Taylor Devices, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Taylor Devices	$44.58M	3.28	$9M	$2.50	18.61
Palladyne AI	$7.79M	46.57	-$72.62M	-$1.87	-5.51

Which has more risk & volatility, TAYD or PDYN?

Taylor Devices has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Palladyne AI has a beta of 3.77, meaning that its share price is 277% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer TAYD or PDYN?

In the previous week, Taylor Devices had 1 more articles in the media than Palladyne AI. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Taylor Devices and 2 mentions for Palladyne AI. Taylor Devices' average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Palladyne AI's score of 0.94 indicating that Taylor Devices is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Taylor Devices	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Palladyne AI	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is TAYD or PDYN more profitable?

Taylor Devices has a net margin of 19.16% compared to Palladyne AI's net margin of -704.03%. Taylor Devices' return on equity of 14.99% beat Palladyne AI's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Taylor Devices	19.16%	14.99%	12.71%
Palladyne AI	-704.03%	-236.83%	-83.83%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in TAYD or PDYN?

17.6% of Taylor Devices shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.0% of Palladyne AI shares are held by institutional investors. 7.8% of Taylor Devices shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.4% of Palladyne AI shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Taylor Devices beats Palladyne AI on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.