Westport Fuel Systems (WPRT) Competitors

Decisive Dividend (CVE:DE) and Westport Fuel Systems (TSE:WPRT) are both small-cap machinery companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment and valuation.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, DE or WPRT?

Decisive Dividend has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Westport Fuel Systems. Westport Fuel Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Decisive Dividend, 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
Decisive Dividend	C$145.25M	1.08	C$2.53M	C$0.29	27.10
Westport Fuel Systems	C$293.58M	0.22	-C$17.30M	-C$2.94	-1.29

Does the media refer more to DE or WPRT?

In the previous week, Decisive Dividend's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Westport Fuel Systems'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Decisive Dividend	Neutral
Westport Fuel Systems	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, DE or WPRT?

Decisive Dividend has a beta of 0.593708, suggesting that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Westport Fuel Systems has a beta of 2.837145, suggesting that its share price is 184% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DE or WPRT more profitable?

Decisive Dividend has a net margin of 2.04% compared to Westport Fuel Systems' net margin of -8.16%. Decisive Dividend's return on equity of 4.49% beat Westport Fuel Systems' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Decisive Dividend	2.04%	4.49%	5.34%
Westport Fuel Systems	-8.16%	-16.87%	-6.52%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of DE or WPRT?

0.0% of Decisive Dividend shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.4% of Westport Fuel Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 10.1% of Decisive Dividend shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.2% of Westport Fuel Systems shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Decisive Dividend beats Westport Fuel Systems on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.