VirTra (VTSI) Competitors

VirTra (NASDAQ:VTSI) and Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust (NYSE:PIM) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

Is VTSI or PIM more profitable?

VirTra has a net margin of 18.24% compared to Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust's net margin of 0.00%. VirTra's return on equity of 13.01% beat Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
VirTra	18.24%	13.01%	8.55%
Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of VTSI or PIM?

14.7% of VirTra shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.1% of Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of VirTra shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, VTSI or PIM?

VirTra has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust has a beta of 0.31, suggesting that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to VTSI or PIM?

In the previous week, VirTra had 2 more articles in the media than Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for VirTra and 1 mentions for Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust. VirTra's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust's score of -1.00 indicating that VirTra is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
VirTra	Positive
Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust	Negative

Do analysts prefer VTSI or PIM?

VirTra presently has a consensus target price of $13.00, indicating a potential upside of 180.17%. Given VirTra's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe VirTra is more favorable than Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
VirTra	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has higher valuation & earnings, VTSI or PIM?

VirTra has higher revenue and earnings than Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
VirTra	$26.35M	1.98	$8.40M	$0.19	24.42
Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust	$22.17M	7.25	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VTSI or PIM?

VirTra received 31 more outperform votes than Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.18% of users gave Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust an outperform vote while only 63.89% of users gave VirTra an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
VirTra	Outperform Votes 46 63.89%	Underperform Votes 26 36.11%
Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust	Outperform Votes 15 68.18%	Underperform Votes 7 31.82%

Summary

VirTra beats Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.