BUI vs. VLN, GRID, CWL, FTG, DRT, and DCM
Should you be buying Buhler Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Buhler Industries include Velan (VLN), Tantalus Systems (GRID), Caldwell Partners International (CWL), Firan Technology Group (FTG), DIRTT Environmental Solutions (DRT), and DATA Communications Management (DCM). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Velan (TSE:VLN) and Buhler Industries (TSE:BUI) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and earnings.
In the previous week, Velan had 1 more articles in the media than Buhler Industries. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Velan and 0 mentions for Buhler Industries. Buhler Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Velan's score of 0.00 indicating that Velan is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Buhler Industries has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Velan. Velan is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Buhler Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Velan has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Buhler Industries has a beta of 0.22, indicating that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Buhler Industries has a net margin of 7.68% compared to Buhler Industries' net margin of -18.84%. Velan's return on equity of 19.18% beat Buhler Industries' return on equity.
15.9% of Velan shares are held by institutional investors. 29.4% of Velan shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 96.8% of Buhler Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Buhler Industries received 33 more outperform votes than Velan when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.44% of users gave Buhler Industries an outperform vote while only 49.26% of users gave Velan an outperform vote.
Summary
Buhler Industries beats Velan on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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