BUI vs. GRID, VLN, CWL, GRN, FTG, and DRT
Should you be buying Buhler Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Buhler Industries include Tantalus Systems (GRID), Velan (VLN), Caldwell Partners International (CWL), Greenlane Renewables (GRN), Firan Technology Group (FTG), and DIRTT Environmental Solutions (DRT). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Buhler Industries (TSE:BUI) and Tantalus Systems (TSE:GRID) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and risk.
In the previous week, Buhler Industries had 2 more articles in the media than Tantalus Systems. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Buhler Industries and 0 mentions for Tantalus Systems. Buhler Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Tantalus Systems' score of 0.00 indicating that Buhler Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Tantalus Systems has a consensus target price of C$2.75, indicating a potential upside of 75.16%. Given Tantalus Systems' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Tantalus Systems is more favorable than Buhler Industries.
Buhler Industries has a net margin of 2.97% compared to Tantalus Systems' net margin of -4.00%. Buhler Industries' return on equity of 7.68% beat Tantalus Systems' return on equity.
19.0% of Tantalus Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 96.8% of Buhler Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 21.3% of Tantalus Systems shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Buhler Industries has a beta of 0.23, meaning that its share price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tantalus Systems has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Buhler Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Tantalus Systems. Tantalus Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Buhler Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Buhler Industries received 99 more outperform votes than Tantalus Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.44% of users gave Buhler Industries an outperform vote while only 12.50% of users gave Tantalus Systems an outperform vote.
Summary
Buhler Industries beats Tantalus Systems on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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