MTL vs. SIS, AFN, BLDP, ARE, BDT, WTE, BDGI, AND, MDA, and WJX
Should you be buying Mullen Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mullen Group include Savaria (SIS), Ag Growth International (AFN), Ballard Power Systems (BLDP), Aecon Group (ARE), Bird Construction (BDT), Westshore Terminals Investment (WTE), Badger Infrastructure Solutions (BDGI), Andlauer Healthcare Group (AND), MDA (MDA), and Wajax (WJX). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Mullen Group (TSE:MTL) and Savaria (TSE:SIS) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Mullen Group has higher revenue and earnings than Savaria. Mullen Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Savaria, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Mullen Group presently has a consensus target price of C$17.89, indicating a potential upside of 41.53%. Savaria has a consensus target price of C$21.64, indicating a potential upside of 26.86%. Given Mullen Group's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Mullen Group is more favorable than Savaria.
30.2% of Mullen Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.0% of Savaria shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of Mullen Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.9% of Savaria shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Mullen Group received 66 more outperform votes than Savaria when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.70% of users gave Savaria an outperform vote while only 52.94% of users gave Mullen Group an outperform vote.
Mullen Group has a net margin of 6.85% compared to Savaria's net margin of 4.52%. Mullen Group's return on equity of 14.03% beat Savaria's return on equity.
Mullen Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Savaria pays an annual dividend of C$0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Mullen Group pays out 49.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Savaria pays out 91.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Mullen Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Mullen Group had 21 more articles in the media than Savaria. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Mullen Group and 1 mentions for Savaria. Savaria's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Mullen Group's score of -0.27 indicating that Savaria is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Mullen Group has a beta of 1.79, suggesting that its share price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Savaria has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Mullen Group beats Savaria on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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