XTC vs. WPRT, MRE, CKI, PZA, BPF.UN, GH, RPI.UN, TCL.B, DII.B, and RAY.A
Should you be buying Exco Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Exco Technologies include Westport Fuel Systems (WPRT), Martinrea International (MRE), Clarke (CKI), Pizza Pizza Royalty (PZA), Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund (BPF.UN), Gamehost (GH), Richards Packaging Income Fund (RPI.UN), Transcontinental (TCL.B), Dorel Industries (DII.B), and Stingray Group (RAY.A). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Westport Fuel Systems (TSE:WPRT) and Exco Technologies (TSE:XTC) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
In the previous week, Exco Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than Westport Fuel Systems. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Exco Technologies and 0 mentions for Westport Fuel Systems. Exco Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Westport Fuel Systems'average media sentiment score.
Westport Fuel Systems has a beta of 2.99, indicating that its stock price is 199% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Exco Technologies has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
12.9% of Westport Fuel Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.5% of Exco Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 10.9% of Westport Fuel Systems shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 51.1% of Exco Technologies shares are held by 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.
Westport Fuel Systems presently has a consensus target price of C$10.00, indicating a potential upside of 30.04%. Exco Technologies has a consensus target price of C$13.00, indicating a potential upside of 81.31%. Given Westport Fuel Systems' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Exco Technologies is more favorable than Westport Fuel Systems.
Exco Technologies received 136 more outperform votes than Westport Fuel Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.27% of users gave Westport Fuel Systems an outperform vote while only 53.76% of users gave Exco Technologies an outperform vote.
Exco Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Westport Fuel Systems. Westport Fuel Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Exco Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Exco Technologies has a net margin of 4.30% compared to Exco Technologies' net margin of -14.98%. Westport Fuel Systems' return on equity of 7.51% beat Exco Technologies' return on equity.
Summary
Exco Technologies beats Westport Fuel Systems on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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