PII vs. DOOO, HOG, MOD, LCID, NIO, XPEV, VC, ALSN, PSNY, and DORM
Should you be buying Polaris stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Polaris include BRP (DOOO), Harley-Davidson (HOG), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), Lucid Group (LCID), NIO (NIO), XPeng (XPEV), Visteon (VC), Allison Transmission (ALSN), Polestar Automotive Holding UK (PSNY), and Dorman Products (DORM). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.
BRP (NASDAQ:DOOO) and Polaris (NYSE:PII) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and community ranking.
88.1% of Polaris shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Polaris shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
BRP has a beta of 2.12, indicating that its stock price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Polaris has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.
BRP has a net margin of 7.20% compared to BRP's net margin of 5.63%. Polaris' return on equity of 120.39% beat BRP's return on equity.
Polaris received 496 more outperform votes than BRP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.93% of users gave Polaris an outperform vote while only 56.42% of users gave BRP an outperform vote.
BRP has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Polaris. BRP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Polaris, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BRP presently has a consensus target price of $111.75, indicating a potential upside of 64.19%. Polaris has a consensus target price of $104.73, indicating a potential upside of 21.03%. Given Polaris' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe BRP is more favorable than Polaris.
In the previous week, Polaris had 13 more articles in the media than BRP. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Polaris and 3 mentions for BRP. Polaris' average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat BRP's score of 0.44 indicating that BRP is being referred to more favorably in the media.
BRP pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Polaris pays an annual dividend of $2.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. BRP pays out 8.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Polaris pays out 30.3% 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. Polaris has increased its dividend for 29 consecutive years. Polaris is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
BRP and Polaris tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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