Héroux-Devtek (HRX) Competitors

MDA Space (TSE:MDA) and Héroux-Devtek (TSE:HRX) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.

Do analysts prefer MDA or HRX?

MDA Space currently has a consensus price target of C$31.29, indicating a potential upside of 13.48%. Héroux-Devtek has a consensus price target of C$31.38, indicating a potential downside of 1.89%. Given MDA Space's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe MDA Space is more favorable than Héroux-Devtek.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MDA Space	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Héroux-Devtek	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has more risk and volatility, MDA or HRX?

MDA Space has a beta of 0.02, indicating that its share price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Héroux-Devtek has a beta of 1.72, indicating that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer MDA or HRX?

In the previous week, MDA Space had 2 more articles in the media than Héroux-Devtek. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for MDA Space and 0 mentions for Héroux-Devtek. MDA Space's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Héroux-Devtek's score of 0.22 indicating that MDA Space is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
MDA Space	Neutral
Héroux-Devtek	Neutral

Which has higher valuation and earnings, MDA or HRX?

MDA Space has higher revenue and earnings than Héroux-Devtek. Héroux-Devtek is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MDA Space, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MDA Space	C$860.80M	3.85	C$47.60M	C$0.38	72.55
Héroux-Devtek	C$663.07M	1.62	C$46.85M	C$1.38	23.17

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of MDA or HRX?

29.0% of MDA Space shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.7% of Héroux-Devtek shares are held by institutional investors. 12.6% of MDA Space shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.9% of Héroux-Devtek shares are held by company 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MDA or HRX?

Héroux-Devtek received 264 more outperform votes than MDA Space when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.58% of users gave Héroux-Devtek an outperform vote while only 55.83% of users gave MDA Space an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MDA Space	Outperform Votes 67 55.83%	Underperform Votes 53 44.17%
Héroux-Devtek	Outperform Votes 331 70.58%	Underperform Votes 138 29.42%

Is MDA or HRX more profitable?

Héroux-Devtek has a net margin of 7.07% compared to MDA Space's net margin of 5.53%. Héroux-Devtek's return on equity of 11.18% beat MDA Space's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MDA Space	5.53%	4.47%	2.12%
Héroux-Devtek	7.07%	11.18%	4.81%

Summary

MDA Space beats Héroux-Devtek on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.