RAIL vs. RVSN, SFWL, AIRT, EDRY, OMEX, TOPS, TORO, PXS, BEST, and SRFM
Should you be buying FreightCar America stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FreightCar America include Rail Vision (RVSN), Shengfeng Development (SFWL), Air T (AIRT), EuroDry (EDRY), Odyssey Marine Exploration (OMEX), Top Ships (TOPS), Toro (TORO), Pyxis Tankers (PXS), BEST (BEST), and Surf Air Mobility (SRFM). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
FreightCar America (NASDAQ:RAIL) and Rail Vision (NASDAQ:RVSN) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.
Rail Vision has lower revenue, but higher earnings than FreightCar America. FreightCar America is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rail Vision, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
FreightCar America currently has a consensus target price of $3.50, indicating a potential downside of 2.78%. Given FreightCar America's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe FreightCar America is more favorable than Rail Vision.
In the previous week, FreightCar America had 8 more articles in the media than Rail Vision. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for FreightCar America and 1 mentions for Rail Vision. FreightCar America's average media sentiment score of -0.10 beat Rail Vision's score of -1.00 indicating that FreightCar America is being referred to more favorably in the media.
FreightCar America has a beta of 1.95, suggesting that its stock price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rail Vision has a beta of 0.01, suggesting that its stock price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500.
32.0% of FreightCar America shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.1% of Rail Vision shares are held by institutional investors. 28.0% of FreightCar America shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of Rail Vision shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
FreightCar America received 248 more outperform votes than Rail Vision when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Rail Vision an outperform vote while only 52.75% of users gave FreightCar America an outperform vote.
Rail Vision has a net margin of 0.00% compared to FreightCar America's net margin of -6.59%. FreightCar America's return on equity of 0.00% beat Rail Vision's return on equity.
Summary
FreightCar America beats Rail Vision on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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