VirTra (VTSI) Competitors

VirTra (NASDAQ:VTSI) and Multi Ways (NYSE:MWG) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and profitability.

Is VTSI or MWG more profitable?

VirTra has a net margin of 21.50% compared to Multi Ways' net margin of 0.00%. VirTra's return on equity of 15.95% beat Multi Ways' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
VirTra	21.50%	15.95%	10.01%
Multi Ways	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts prefer VTSI or MWG?

VirTra presently has a consensus target price of $14.50, suggesting a potential upside of 128.35%. Given VirTra's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe VirTra is more favorable than Multi Ways.

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
Multi Ways	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

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

14.7% of VirTra shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.8% of Multi Ways shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of VirTra shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, VTSI or MWG?

VirTra has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Multi Ways has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor VTSI or MWG?

In the previous week, VirTra had 2 more articles in the media than Multi Ways. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for VirTra and 1 mentions for Multi Ways. VirTra's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Multi Ways' score of 0.00 indicating that VirTra is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
VirTra	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Multi Ways	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, VTSI or MWG?

VirTra has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Multi Ways.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
VirTra	$31.85M	2.22	$8.40M	$0.60	10.58
Multi Ways	$36.02M	0.22	$1.79M	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VTSI or MWG?

VirTra received 45 more outperform votes than Multi Ways when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
VirTra	Outperform Votes 45 63.38%	Underperform Votes 26 36.62%
Multi Ways	N/A	N/A

Summary

VirTra beats Multi Ways on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.