BBD.B vs. CAE, MDA, ATS, FTT, AC, SES, RUS, EIF, BBU.UN, and CJT
Should you be buying Bombardier, Inc. Class B stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bombardier, Inc. Class B include CAE (CAE), MDA (MDA), ATS (ATS), Finning International (FTT), Air Canada (AC), Secure Energy Services (SES), Russel Metals (RUS), Exchange Income (EIF), Brookfield Business Partners (BBU.UN), and Cargojet (CJT). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Bombardier, Inc. Class B (TSE:BBD.B) and CAE (TSE:CAE) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
Bombardier, Inc. Class B has a beta of 2.96, indicating that its stock price is 196% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CAE has a beta of 1.91, indicating that its stock price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Bombardier, Inc. Class B had 3 more articles in the media than CAE. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Bombardier, Inc. Class B and 3 mentions for CAE. CAE's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Bombardier, Inc. Class B's score of -0.20 indicating that CAE is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bombardier, Inc. Class B has higher revenue and earnings than CAE. Bombardier, Inc. Class B is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CAE, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bombardier, Inc. Class B presently has a consensus price target of C$81.13, suggesting a potential upside of 42.45%. CAE has a consensus price target of C$33.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.14%. Given Bombardier, Inc. Class B's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Bombardier, Inc. Class B is more favorable than CAE.
CAE has a net margin of 6.13% compared to Bombardier, Inc. Class B's net margin of 5.53%. CAE's return on equity of 6.24% beat Bombardier, Inc. Class B's return on equity.
Bombardier, Inc. Class B received 298 more outperform votes than CAE when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.32% of users gave CAE an outperform vote while only 56.78% of users gave Bombardier, Inc. Class B an outperform vote.
18.6% of Bombardier, Inc. Class B shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.1% of CAE shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Bombardier, Inc. Class B shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of CAE shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Bombardier, Inc. Class B beats CAE on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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