Savaria (SIS) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in SIS or ATS?

28.3% of Savaria shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.1% of ATS shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.5% of Savaria shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of ATS shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SIS or ATS?

Savaria received 263 more outperform votes than ATS when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.02% of users gave Savaria an outperform vote while only 58.82% of users gave ATS an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Savaria	Outperform Votes 283 69.02%	Underperform Votes 127 30.98%
ATS	Outperform Votes 20 58.82%	Underperform Votes 14 41.18%

Does the media refer more to SIS or ATS?

In the previous week, ATS had 1 more articles in the media than Savaria. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for ATS and 2 mentions for Savaria. ATS's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Savaria's score of 0.00 indicating that ATS is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Savaria	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
ATS	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer SIS or ATS?

Savaria presently has a consensus price target of C$25.50, indicating a potential upside of 20.23%. ATS has a consensus price target of C$54.29, indicating a potential upside of 18.37%. Given Savaria's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Savaria is more favorable than ATS.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Savaria	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
ATS	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Is SIS or ATS more profitable?

ATS has a net margin of 6.10% compared to Savaria's net margin of 5.25%. ATS's return on equity of 11.30% beat Savaria's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Savaria	5.25%	8.95%	5.38%
ATS	6.10%	11.30%	5.42%

Which has more volatility & risk, SIS or ATS?

Savaria has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ATS has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, SIS or ATS?

ATS has higher revenue and earnings than Savaria. ATS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Savaria, 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
Savaria	C$857.72M	1.76	C$45.02M	C$0.65	32.63
ATS	C$2.97B	1.50	C$181.45M	C$1.83	25.06

Summary

ATS beats Savaria on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.