TPI Composites (TPIC) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, TPIC or TAYD?

TPI Composites has a beta of 1.98, indicating that its share price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Taylor Devices has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, TPIC or TAYD?

Taylor Devices has lower revenue, but higher earnings than TPI Composites. TPI Composites 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
TPI Composites	$1.33B	0.01	-$240.71M	-$4.78	-0.04
Taylor Devices	$44.58M	3.06	$9M	$2.50	17.38

Is TPIC or TAYD more profitable?

Taylor Devices has a net margin of 19.16% compared to TPI Composites' net margin of -16.57%. Taylor Devices' return on equity of 14.99% beat TPI Composites' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TPI Composites	-16.57%	N/A	-24.92%
Taylor Devices	19.16%	14.99%	12.71%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of TPIC or TAYD?

75.2% of TPI Composites shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.6% of Taylor Devices shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of TPI Composites shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Taylor Devices shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer TPIC or TAYD?

TPI Composites currently has a consensus target price of $1.73, suggesting a potential upside of 931.75%. Given TPI Composites' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe TPI Composites is more favorable than Taylor Devices.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TPI Composites	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.86
Taylor Devices	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media refer more to TPIC or TAYD?

In the previous week, TPI Composites had 3 more articles in the media than Taylor Devices. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for TPI Composites and 3 mentions for Taylor Devices. Taylor Devices' average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat TPI Composites' score of -0.02 indicating that Taylor Devices is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TPI Composites	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Taylor Devices	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Taylor Devices beats TPI Composites on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.