MDA Space (MDA) Competitors

CAE (TSE:CAE) and MDA Space (TSE:MDA) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.

Which has better earnings & valuation, CAE or MDA?

MDA Space has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CAE. CAE 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
CAE	C$4.32B	2.51	-C$334.62M	-C$1.04	-32.46
MDA Space	C$952.93M	3.43	C$68.84M	C$0.56	47.58

Is CAE or MDA a better dividend stock?

CAE pays an annual dividend of C$0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. MDA Space pays an annual dividend of C$1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. CAE pays out -42.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MDA Space pays out 263.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more volatility and risk, CAE or MDA?

CAE has a beta of 1.91, suggesting that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MDA Space has a beta of 0.02, suggesting that its share price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CAE or MDA?

77.3% of CAE shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.0% of MDA Space shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of CAE shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.6% of MDA Space shares are held by company 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.

Does the media refer more to CAE or MDA?

In the previous week, MDA Space had 2 more articles in the media than CAE. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for MDA Space and 0 mentions for CAE. MDA Space's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat CAE's score of 0.00 indicating that MDA Space is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
CAE	Neutral
MDA Space	Positive

Is CAE or MDA more profitable?

MDA Space has a net margin of 7.22% compared to CAE's net margin of -7.75%. MDA Space's return on equity of 6.17% beat CAE's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CAE	-7.75%	-7.81%	2.79%
MDA Space	7.22%	6.17%	2.12%

Do analysts recommend CAE or MDA?

CAE presently has a consensus target price of C$37.95, indicating a potential upside of 12.11%. MDA Space has a consensus target price of C$31.43, indicating a potential upside of 17.40%. Given MDA Space's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe MDA Space is more favorable than CAE.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CAE	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
MDA Space	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CAE or MDA?

CAE received 292 more outperform votes than MDA Space when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.71% of users gave CAE an outperform vote while only 54.92% of users gave MDA Space an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CAE	Outperform Votes 359 56.71%	Underperform Votes 274 43.29%
MDA Space	Outperform Votes 67 54.92%	Underperform Votes 55 45.08%

Summary

MDA Space beats CAE on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.