HRX vs. BBD.A, MAL, MDA, DBM, CGY, WJX, ALC, GDI, BDI, and AND
Should you be buying Héroux-Devtek stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Héroux-Devtek include Bombardier (BBD.A), Magellan Aerospace (MAL), MDA (MDA), Doman Building Materials Group (DBM), Calian Group (CGY), Wajax (WJX), Algoma Central (ALC), GDI Integrated Facility Services (GDI), Black Diamond Group (BDI), and Andlauer Healthcare Group (AND). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Héroux-Devtek (TSE:HRX) and Bombardier (TSE:BBD.A) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Héroux-Devtek received 226 more outperform votes than Bombardier when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.47% of users gave Héroux-Devtek an outperform vote while only 66.01% of users gave Bombardier an outperform vote.
Bombardier has higher revenue and earnings than Héroux-Devtek. Bombardier is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Héroux-Devtek, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Héroux-Devtek currently has a consensus price target of C$24.13, suggesting a potential upside of 24.68%. Bombardier has a consensus price target of C$60.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.96%. Given Héroux-Devtek's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Héroux-Devtek is more favorable than Bombardier.
In the previous week, Bombardier had 8 more articles in the media than Héroux-Devtek. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Bombardier and 0 mentions for Héroux-Devtek. Bombardier's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Héroux-Devtek's score of 0.05 indicating that Bombardier is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
53.2% of Héroux-Devtek shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.0% of Bombardier shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.1% of Héroux-Devtek shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 84.8% of Bombardier shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Bombardier has a net margin of 5.53% compared to Héroux-Devtek's net margin of 3.97%. Héroux-Devtek's return on equity of 6.05% beat Bombardier's return on equity.
Héroux-Devtek has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bombardier has a beta of 2.96, meaning that its stock price is 196% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Héroux-Devtek and Bombardier tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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