CAE (CAE) Competitors

CAE (NYSE:CAE) and Regal Rexnord (NYSE:RRX) are both mid-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CAE or RRX?

67.4% of CAE shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.7% of Regal Rexnord shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.3% of CAE shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Regal Rexnord shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CAE or RRX a better dividend stock?

CAE pays an annual dividend of $0.3290 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Regal Rexnord pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. CAE pays out 36.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Regal Rexnord pays out 39.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. CAE is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media refer more to CAE or RRX?

In the previous week, CAE had 1 more articles in the media than Regal Rexnord. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for CAE and 6 mentions for Regal Rexnord. Regal Rexnord's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat CAE's score of 0.71 indicating that Regal Rexnord is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CAE	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Regal Rexnord	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate CAE or RRX?

CAE currently has a consensus price target of $32.33, suggesting a potential upside of 19.23%. Regal Rexnord has a consensus price target of $171.25, suggesting a potential upside of 18.99%. Given CAE's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CAE is more favorable than Regal Rexnord.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CAE	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Regal Rexnord	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CAE or RRX?

CAE received 515 more outperform votes than Regal Rexnord when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.63% of users gave Regal Rexnord an outperform vote while only 62.22% of users gave CAE an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CAE	Outperform Votes 578 62.22%	Underperform Votes 351 37.78%
Regal Rexnord	Outperform Votes 63 65.63%	Underperform Votes 33 34.38%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CAE or RRX?

Regal Rexnord has higher revenue and earnings than CAE. CAE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Regal Rexnord, 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
CAE	$4.71B	1.85	-$225.35M	$0.90	30.13
Regal Rexnord	$5.90B	1.62	$196.20M	$3.51	41.00

Which has more volatility and risk, CAE or RRX?

CAE has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Regal Rexnord has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CAE or RRX more profitable?

Regal Rexnord has a net margin of 3.25% compared to CAE's net margin of -4.96%. Regal Rexnord's return on equity of 9.57% beat CAE's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CAE	-4.96%	6.11%	2.67%
Regal Rexnord	3.25%	9.57%	4.17%

Summary

Regal Rexnord beats CAE on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.