MAL vs. HRX, FTG, BBD.A, MDA, CHR, ISV, DIV, BDI, GDI, and DXT
Should you be buying Magellan Aerospace stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Magellan Aerospace include Héroux-Devtek (HRX), Firan Technology Group (FTG), Bombardier (BBD.A), MDA (MDA), Chorus Aviation (CHR), Information Services (ISV), Diversified Royalty (DIV), Black Diamond Group (BDI), GDI Integrated Facility Services (GDI), and Dexterra Group (DXT). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Magellan Aerospace (TSE:MAL) and Héroux-Devtek (TSE:HRX) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and profitability.
Héroux-Devtek has a net margin of 3.97% compared to Magellan Aerospace's net margin of 1.31%. Héroux-Devtek's return on equity of 6.05% beat Magellan Aerospace's return on equity.
In the previous week, Magellan Aerospace had 2 more articles in the media than Héroux-Devtek. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Magellan Aerospace and 1 mentions for Héroux-Devtek. Héroux-Devtek's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Magellan Aerospace's score of 0.59 indicating that Héroux-Devtek is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Héroux-Devtek received 133 more outperform votes than Magellan Aerospace when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.93% of users gave Magellan Aerospace an outperform vote while only 70.47% of users gave Héroux-Devtek an outperform vote.
Magellan Aerospace presently has a consensus target price of C$16.00, indicating a potential upside of 103.05%. Héroux-Devtek has a consensus target price of C$24.13, indicating a potential upside of 23.91%. Given Magellan Aerospace's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Magellan Aerospace is more favorable than Héroux-Devtek.
Magellan Aerospace has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Héroux-Devtek has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Héroux-Devtek has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Magellan Aerospace. Héroux-Devtek is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Magellan Aerospace, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
2.8% of Magellan Aerospace shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.9% of Héroux-Devtek shares are held by institutional investors. 79.3% of Magellan Aerospace shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.1% of Héroux-Devtek shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Héroux-Devtek beats Magellan Aerospace on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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