GRID vs. BUI, VLN, FTG, CWL, DRT, DCM, DRX, and NPS
Should you be buying Tantalus Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tantalus Systems include Buhler Industries (BUI), Velan (VLN), Firan Technology Group (FTG), Caldwell Partners International (CWL), DIRTT Environmental Solutions (DRT), DATA Communications Management (DCM), ADF Group (DRX), and Canadian Large Cap Leaders Spli (NPS). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Tantalus Systems (TSE:GRID) and Buhler Industries (TSE:BUI) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.
Buhler Industries has a net margin of 2.97% compared to Tantalus Systems' net margin of -4.00%. Buhler Industries' return on equity of 7.68% beat Tantalus Systems' return on equity.
Tantalus Systems presently has a consensus target price of C$2.75, suggesting a potential upside of 72.96%. Given Tantalus Systems' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Tantalus Systems is more favorable than Buhler Industries.
Buhler Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Tantalus Systems. Tantalus Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Buhler Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Buhler Industries received 99 more outperform votes than Tantalus Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.44% of users gave Buhler Industries an outperform vote while only 12.50% of users gave Tantalus Systems an outperform vote.
19.0% of Tantalus Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.3% of Tantalus Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 96.8% of Buhler Industries shares are owned by company 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.
Tantalus Systems has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Buhler Industries has a beta of 0.23, suggesting that its share price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Tantalus Systems had 1 more articles in the media than Buhler Industries. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Tantalus Systems and 0 mentions for Buhler Industries. Tantalus Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Buhler Industries' score of 0.00 indicating that Tantalus Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Buhler Industries beats Tantalus Systems on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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