PX vs. BSIG, BRDG, NOAH, ABL, FDUS, VINP, ALTI, DHIL, VALU, and SAR
Should you be buying Praxair stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Praxair include BrightSphere Investment Group (BSIG), Bridge Investment Group (BRDG), Noah (NOAH), Abacus Life (ABL), Fidus Investment (FDUS), Vinci Partners Investments (VINP), AlTi Global (ALTI), Diamond Hill Investment Group (DHIL), Value Line (VALU), and Saratoga Investment (SAR). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.
Praxair (NYSE:PX) and BrightSphere Investment Group (NYSE:BSIG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
BrightSphere Investment Group has a net margin of 15.42% compared to Praxair's net margin of -2.95%. BrightSphere Investment Group's return on equity of 400.00% beat Praxair's return on equity.
Praxair has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BrightSphere Investment Group has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
BrightSphere Investment Group has higher revenue and earnings than Praxair. Praxair is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BrightSphere Investment Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Praxair currently has a consensus target price of $10.67, suggesting a potential upside of 41.47%. BrightSphere Investment Group has a consensus target price of $23.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.25%. Given Praxair's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Praxair is more favorable than BrightSphere Investment Group.
48.1% of Praxair shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.7% of BrightSphere Investment Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.6% of Praxair shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 24.9% of BrightSphere Investment Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Praxair received 387 more outperform votes than BrightSphere Investment Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.92% of users gave Praxair an outperform vote while only 55.56% of users gave BrightSphere Investment Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Praxair had 1 more articles in the media than BrightSphere Investment Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Praxair and 1 mentions for BrightSphere Investment Group. BrightSphere Investment Group's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Praxair's score of 0.00 indicating that BrightSphere Investment Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Praxair pays an annual dividend of $0.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. BrightSphere Investment Group pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Praxair pays out -260.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BrightSphere Investment Group pays out 2.6% 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. Praxair is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
BrightSphere Investment Group beats Praxair on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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