VTSI vs. TATT, PGSS, EVTL, OPXS, HOVR, BAER, RDW, SPIR, PKE, and ASLE
Should you be buying VirTra stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of VirTra include TAT Technologies (TATT), Pegasus Digital Mobility Acquisition (PGSS), Vertical Aerospace (EVTL), Optex Systems (OPXS), New Horizon Aircraft (HOVR), Bridger Aerospace Group (BAER), Redwire (RDW), Spire Global (SPIR), Park Aerospace (PKE), and AerSale (ASLE). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
TAT Technologies (NASDAQ:TATT) and VirTra (NASDAQ:VTSI) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.
15.1% of TAT Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.7% of VirTra shares are held by institutional investors. 8.8% of TAT Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of VirTra shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
VirTra has lower revenue, but higher earnings than TAT Technologies. VirTra is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TAT Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
TAT Technologies received 48 more outperform votes than VirTra when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.76% of users gave VirTra an outperform vote while only 61.64% of users gave TAT Technologies an outperform vote.
In the previous week, VirTra had 2 more articles in the media than TAT Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for VirTra and 2 mentions for TAT Technologies. TAT Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat VirTra's score of 0.19 indicating that VirTra is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
VirTra has a net margin of 22.09% compared to VirTra's net margin of 4.11%. TAT Technologies' return on equity of 21.41% beat VirTra's return on equity.
VirTra has a consensus price target of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 30.93%. Given TAT Technologies' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe VirTra is more favorable than TAT Technologies.
TAT Technologies has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VirTra has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
VirTra beats TAT Technologies on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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