MTL vs. SIS, AFN, BLDP, ARE, WTE, BDT, BDGI, MDA, AND, and CJT
Should you be buying Mullen Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mullen Group include Savaria (SIS), Ag Growth International (AFN), Ballard Power Systems (BLDP), Aecon Group (ARE), Westshore Terminals Investment (WTE), Bird Construction (BDT), Badger Infrastructure Solutions (BDGI), MDA (MDA), Andlauer Healthcare Group (AND), and Cargojet (CJT). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Mullen Group (TSE:MTL) and Savaria (TSE:SIS) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and dividends.
Mullen Group received 62 more outperform votes than Savaria when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.70% of users gave Savaria an outperform vote while only 52.81% of users gave Mullen Group an outperform vote.
Mullen Group has a beta of 1.79, meaning that its share price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Savaria has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Savaria had 3 more articles in the media than Mullen Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Savaria and 1 mentions for Mullen Group. Savaria's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Mullen Group's score of 0.36 indicating that Savaria is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Mullen Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Savaria pays an annual dividend of C$0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Mullen Group pays out 49.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Savaria pays out 91.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Mullen Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Mullen Group has higher revenue and earnings than Savaria. Mullen Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Savaria, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Mullen Group currently has a consensus target price of C$18.61, indicating a potential upside of 28.62%. Savaria has a consensus target price of C$21.64, indicating a potential upside of 26.64%. Given Mullen Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Mullen Group is more favorable than Savaria.
Mullen Group has a net margin of 6.85% compared to Savaria's net margin of 4.52%. Mullen Group's return on equity of 14.03% beat Savaria's return on equity.
30.2% of Mullen Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.0% of Savaria shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of Mullen Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.9% of Savaria shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Mullen Group beats Savaria on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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