VTOL vs. CYRX, GSL, NAT, TNP, DESP, HTLD, VLRS, ASC, TK, and EGLE
Should you be buying Bristow Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bristow Group include Cryoport (CYRX), Global Ship Lease (GSL), Nordic American Tankers (NAT), Tsakos Energy Navigation (TNP), Despegar.com (DESP), Heartland Express (HTLD), Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación (VLRS), Ardmore Shipping (ASC), Teekay (TK), and Eagle Bulk Shipping (EGLE). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Bristow Group (NYSE:VTOL) and Cryoport (NASDAQ:CYRX) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends and profitability.
Bristow Group has a net margin of 0.10% compared to Cryoport's net margin of -50.17%. Bristow Group's return on equity of 0.17% beat Cryoport's return on equity.
93.3% of Bristow Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.9% of Cryoport shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.9% of Bristow Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.1% of Cryoport shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Bristow Group has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cryoport has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cryoport received 236 more outperform votes than Bristow Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Bristow Group an outperform vote while only 65.21% of users gave Cryoport an outperform vote.
Cryoport has a consensus price target of $18.25, suggesting a potential upside of 36.30%. Given Cryoport's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cryoport is more favorable than Bristow Group.
Bristow Group has higher revenue and earnings than Cryoport. Cryoport is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bristow Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Cryoport had 19 more articles in the media than Bristow Group. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Cryoport and 13 mentions for Bristow Group. Cryoport's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Bristow Group's score of -0.15 indicating that Cryoport is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Bristow Group beats Cryoport on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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