VTSI vs. BAER, EVTL, TATT, ISSC, SPIR, RDW, PKE, PGSS, OPXS, and ASLE
Should you be buying VirTra stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of VirTra include Bridger Aerospace Group (BAER), Vertical Aerospace (EVTL), TAT Technologies (TATT), Innovative Solutions and Support (ISSC), Spire Global (SPIR), Redwire (RDW), Park Aerospace (PKE), Pegasus Digital Mobility Acquisition (PGSS), Optex Systems (OPXS), and AerSale (ASLE). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
VirTra (NASDAQ:VTSI) and Bridger Aerospace Group (NASDAQ:BAER) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability, earnings and analyst recommendations.
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.
In the previous week, VirTra had 7 more articles in the media than Bridger Aerospace Group. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for VirTra and 10 mentions for Bridger Aerospace Group. Bridger Aerospace Group's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat VirTra's score of 0.12 indicating that Bridger Aerospace Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
14.7% of VirTra shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.9% of Bridger Aerospace Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.2% of VirTra shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 70.7% of Bridger Aerospace Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
VirTra currently has a consensus target price of $17.50, suggesting a potential upside of 52.04%. Given VirTra's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe VirTra is more favorable than Bridger Aerospace Group.
VirTra received 44 more outperform votes than Bridger Aerospace Group when rated by MarketBeat users.
VirTra has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bridger Aerospace Group has a beta of -0.13, meaning that its share price is 113% less volatile than the S&P 500.
VirTra has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
Summary
VirTra beats Bridger Aerospace Group on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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