AFN vs. LEV, BLDP, SIS, ARE, MTL, BDT, AND, WTE, BBD.A, and DBM
Should you be buying Ag Growth International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ag Growth International include Lion Electric (LEV), Ballard Power Systems (BLDP), Savaria (SIS), Aecon Group (ARE), Mullen Group (MTL), Bird Construction (BDT), Andlauer Healthcare Group (AND), Westshore Terminals Investment (WTE), Bombardier (BBD.A), and Doman Building Materials Group (DBM). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Ag Growth International (TSE:AFN) and Lion Electric (TSE:LEV) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation and profitability.
27.9% of Ag Growth International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.7% of Lion Electric shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Ag Growth International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 48.1% of Lion Electric shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ag Growth International has a net margin of 4.51% compared to Lion Electric's net margin of -40.93%. Ag Growth International's return on equity of 23.61% beat Lion Electric's return on equity.
In the previous week, Lion Electric had 6 more articles in the media than Ag Growth International. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Lion Electric and 1 mentions for Ag Growth International. Ag Growth International's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Lion Electric's score of 0.11 indicating that Ag Growth International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ag Growth International has higher revenue and earnings than Lion Electric. Lion Electric is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ag Growth International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ag Growth International has a beta of 2.32, indicating that its stock price is 132% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lion Electric has a beta of 2.62, indicating that its stock price is 162% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ag Growth International received 509 more outperform votes than Lion Electric when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.19% of users gave Ag Growth International an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Lion Electric an outperform vote.
Ag Growth International presently has a consensus price target of C$81.44, indicating a potential upside of 32.73%. Given Ag Growth International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Ag Growth International is more favorable than Lion Electric.
Summary
Ag Growth International beats Lion Electric on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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