SIS vs. BLDP, ATS, MTL, BDT, ARE, AFN, WTE, BBD.A, BDGI, and AND
Should you be buying Savaria stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Savaria include Ballard Power Systems (BLDP), ATS (ATS), Mullen Group (MTL), Bird Construction (BDT), Aecon Group (ARE), Ag Growth International (AFN), Westshore Terminals Investment (WTE), Bombardier (BBD.A), Badger Infrastructure Solutions (BDGI), and Andlauer Healthcare Group (AND). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Savaria (TSE:SIS) and Ballard Power Systems (TSE:BLDP) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and community ranking.
28.0% of Savaria shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.0% of Ballard Power Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 20.4% of Savaria shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.6% of Ballard Power Systems shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Savaria has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ballard Power Systems has a beta of 1.69, indicating that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Savaria and Savaria both had 6 articles in the media. Savaria's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Ballard Power Systems' score of -0.09 indicating that Savaria is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Savaria has a net margin of 4.52% compared to Ballard Power Systems' net margin of -173.61%. Savaria's return on equity of 7.55% beat Ballard Power Systems' return on equity.
Savaria has higher revenue and earnings than Ballard Power Systems. Ballard Power Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Savaria, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Savaria currently has a consensus target price of C$21.71, suggesting a potential upside of 21.51%. Given Savaria's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Savaria is more favorable than Ballard Power Systems.
Savaria received 273 more outperform votes than Ballard Power Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.52% of users gave Savaria an outperform vote while only 14.29% of users gave Ballard Power Systems an outperform vote.
Summary
Savaria beats Ballard Power Systems on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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