BOS vs. NEO, ECO, VNP, AII, LUC, ITH, NCU, SMT, ERD, and FSY
Should you be buying AirBoss of America stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AirBoss of America include Neo Performance Materials (NEO), EcoSynthetix (ECO), 5N Plus (VNP), Almonty Industries (AII), Lucara Diamond (LUC), International Tower Hill Mines (ITH), Nevada Copper (NCU), Sierra Metals (SMT), Erdene Resource Development (ERD), and Forsys Metals (FSY). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
AirBoss of America (TSE:BOS) and Neo Performance Materials (TSE:NEO) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.
Neo Performance Materials has a net margin of -1.48% compared to AirBoss of America's net margin of -9.80%. Neo Performance Materials' return on equity of -1.84% beat AirBoss of America's return on equity.
3.1% of AirBoss of America shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.0% of Neo Performance Materials shares are held by institutional investors. 34.8% of AirBoss of America shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 21.5% of Neo Performance Materials shares are held 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.
In the previous week, AirBoss of America had 4 more articles in the media than Neo Performance Materials. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for AirBoss of America and 3 mentions for Neo Performance Materials. AirBoss of America's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Neo Performance Materials' score of 0.00 indicating that AirBoss of America is being referred to more favorably in the media.
AirBoss of America pays an annual dividend of C$0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Neo Performance Materials pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. AirBoss of America pays out -13.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Neo Performance Materials pays out -153.8% 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. Neo Performance Materials is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
AirBoss of America received 243 more outperform votes than Neo Performance Materials when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.19% of users gave AirBoss of America an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Neo Performance Materials an outperform vote.
AirBoss of America currently has a consensus target price of C$5.79, suggesting a potential upside of 4.54%. Neo Performance Materials has a consensus target price of C$9.83, suggesting a potential upside of 66.38%. Given Neo Performance Materials' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Neo Performance Materials is more favorable than AirBoss of America.
Neo Performance Materials has higher revenue and earnings than AirBoss of America. Neo Performance Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AirBoss of America, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
AirBoss of America has a beta of 2.15, meaning that its share price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Neo Performance Materials has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Neo Performance Materials beats AirBoss of America on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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