BAER vs. VTSI, EVTL, TATT, ISSC, PKE, SPIR, PGSS, OPXS, RDW, and SPCE
Should you be buying Bridger Aerospace Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bridger Aerospace Group include VirTra (VTSI), Vertical Aerospace (EVTL), TAT Technologies (TATT), Innovative Solutions and Support (ISSC), Park Aerospace (PKE), Spire Global (SPIR), Pegasus Digital Mobility Acquisition (PGSS), Optex Systems (OPXS), Redwire (RDW), and Virgin Galactic (SPCE). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
Bridger Aerospace Group (NASDAQ:BAER) and VirTra (NASDAQ:VTSI) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.
VirTra has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bridger Aerospace Group. Bridger Aerospace Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VirTra, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, VirTra had 10 more articles in the media than Bridger Aerospace Group. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for VirTra and 9 mentions for Bridger Aerospace Group. Bridger Aerospace Group's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat VirTra's score of 0.34 indicating that Bridger Aerospace Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
VirTra received 44 more outperform votes than Bridger Aerospace Group when rated by MarketBeat users.
VirTra has a consensus target price of $17.50, suggesting a potential upside of 67.30%. Given VirTra's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe VirTra is more favorable than Bridger Aerospace Group.
48.9% of Bridger Aerospace Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.7% of VirTra shares are held by institutional investors. 70.7% of Bridger Aerospace Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of VirTra shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
VirTra has a net margin of 22.09% compared to Bridger Aerospace Group's net margin of -73.43%. VirTra's return on equity of 21.41% beat Bridger Aerospace Group's return on equity.
Bridger Aerospace Group has a beta of -0.13, meaning that its share price is 113% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VirTra has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
VirTra beats Bridger Aerospace Group on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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