TAYD vs. AZ, AIRJ, RR, PDYN, GENC, DM, PPIH, DTI, LSE, and YIBO
Should you be buying Taylor Devices stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Taylor Devices include A2Z Smart Technologies (AZ), Montana Technologies (AIRJ), Richtech Robotics (RR), Palladyne AI (PDYN), Gencor Industries (GENC), Desktop Metal (DM), Perma-Pipe International (PPIH), Drilling Tools International (DTI), Leishen Energy (LSE), and Planet Image International (YIBO). These companies are all part of the "machinery" industry.
Taylor Devices vs.
A2Z Smart Technologies (NASDAQ:AZ) and Taylor Devices (NASDAQ:TAYD) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and community ranking.
A2Z Smart Technologies has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Taylor Devices has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
12.6% of A2Z Smart Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.6% of Taylor Devices shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.0% of A2Z Smart Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Taylor Devices shares are owned 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.
Taylor Devices received 112 more outperform votes than A2Z Smart Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave A2Z Smart Technologies an outperform vote while only 69.94% of users gave Taylor Devices an outperform vote.
Taylor Devices has higher revenue and earnings than A2Z Smart Technologies. A2Z Smart Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Taylor Devices, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
A2Z Smart Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 124.47%. Given A2Z Smart Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe A2Z Smart Technologies is more favorable than Taylor Devices.
Taylor Devices has a net margin of 19.99% compared to A2Z Smart Technologies' net margin of -147.13%. Taylor Devices' return on equity of 17.04% beat A2Z Smart Technologies' return on equity.
In the previous week, Taylor Devices had 1 more articles in the media than A2Z Smart Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Taylor Devices and 1 mentions for A2Z Smart Technologies. A2Z Smart Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat Taylor Devices' score of 1.04 indicating that A2Z Smart Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Taylor Devices beats A2Z Smart Technologies on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:TAYD) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff