CAE vs. BBD.B, EFN, AC, FTT, TIH, ATS, STN, SES, RUS, and EIF
Should you be buying CAE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CAE include Bombardier, Inc. Class B (BBD.B), Element Fleet Management (EFN), Air Canada (AC), Finning International (FTT), Toromont Industries (TIH), ATS (ATS), Stantec (STN), Secure Energy Services (SES), Russel Metals (RUS), and Exchange Income (EIF). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Bombardier, Inc. Class B (TSE:BBD.B) and CAE (TSE:CAE) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment and valuation.
Bombardier, Inc. Class B has a beta of 2.96, meaning that its stock price is 196% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CAE has a beta of 1.91, meaning that its stock price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Bombardier, Inc. Class B had 4 more articles in the media than CAE. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Bombardier, Inc. Class B and 8 mentions for CAE. CAE's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Bombardier, Inc. Class B's score of -0.01 indicating that Bombardier, Inc. Class B is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CAE has a net margin of 6.13% compared to CAE's net margin of 5.53%. Bombardier, Inc. Class B's return on equity of 6.24% beat CAE's return on equity.
Bombardier, Inc. Class B received 301 more outperform votes than CAE when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.39% of users gave CAE an outperform vote while only 56.88% of users gave Bombardier, Inc. Class B an outperform vote.
18.6% of Bombardier, Inc. Class B shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.1% of CAE shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Bombardier, Inc. Class B shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of CAE shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Bombardier, Inc. Class B has higher revenue and earnings than CAE. Bombardier, Inc. Class B is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CAE, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bombardier, Inc. Class B presently has a consensus price target of C$82.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.75%. CAE has a consensus price target of C$32.80, suggesting a potential upside of 20.85%. Given CAE's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Bombardier, Inc. Class B is more favorable than CAE.
Summary
Bombardier, Inc. Class B beats CAE on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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