PII vs. DOOO, CHPT, GNTX, HOG, OSK, IAA, XPEV, FOXF, DRVN, and ALV
Should you be buying Polaris stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Polaris include BRP (DOOO), ChargePoint (CHPT), Gentex (GNTX), Harley-Davidson (HOG), Oshkosh (OSK), IAA (IAA), XPeng (XPEV), Fox Factory (FOXF), Driven Brands (DRVN), and Autoliv (ALV). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.
Polaris vs.
Polaris (NYSE:PII) and BRP (NASDAQ:DOOO) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and community ranking.
BRP has a net margin of 7.64% compared to Polaris' net margin of 5.10%. Polaris' return on equity of 57.76% beat BRP's return on equity.
BRP has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
86.6% of Polaris shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.6% of BRP shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Polaris shares are owned by 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.
Polaris has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BRP has a beta of 2.29, meaning that its share price is 129% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Polaris pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. BRP pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Polaris pays out 34.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BRP pays out 7.1% 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 presently has a consensus price target of $113.56, indicating a potential upside of 5.62%. BRP has a consensus price target of $127.20, indicating a potential upside of 62.91%. Given BRP's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe BRP is more favorable than Polaris.
In the previous week, Polaris had 1 more articles in the media than BRP. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Polaris and 3 mentions for BRP. BRP's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Polaris' score of 0.36 indicating that BRP is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Polaris received 491 more outperform votes than BRP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.23% of users gave Polaris an outperform vote while only 60.61% of users gave BRP an outperform vote.
Summary
Polaris beats BRP on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PII and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
