XTC vs. WPRT, MRE, CKI, GH, PZA, BPF.UN, RPI.UN, TCL.B, DII.B, and RAY.A
Should you be buying Exco Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Exco Technologies include Westport Fuel Systems (WPRT), Martinrea International (MRE), Clarke (CKI), Gamehost (GH), Pizza Pizza Royalty (PZA), Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund (BPF.UN), Richards Packaging Income Fund (RPI.UN), Transcontinental (TCL.B), Dorel Industries (DII.B), and Stingray Group (RAY.A). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Exco Technologies (TSE:XTC) and Westport Fuel Systems (TSE:WPRT) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.
Exco Technologies has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Westport Fuel Systems has a beta of 2.97, meaning that its share price is 197% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Exco Technologies has a net margin of 4.30% compared to Westport Fuel Systems' net margin of -14.98%. Exco Technologies' return on equity of 7.51% beat Westport Fuel Systems' return on equity.
In the previous week, Exco Technologies had 3 more articles in the media than Westport Fuel Systems. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Exco Technologies and 0 mentions for Westport Fuel Systems. Exco Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Westport Fuel Systems' score of 0.00 indicating that Exco Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Exco Technologies received 136 more outperform votes than Westport Fuel Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.27% of users gave Westport Fuel Systems an outperform vote while only 53.76% of users gave Exco Technologies an outperform vote.
6.5% of Exco Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.3% of Westport Fuel Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 51.1% of Exco Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.9% of Westport Fuel Systems shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Exco Technologies presently has a consensus price target of C$13.00, indicating a potential upside of 72.41%. Westport Fuel Systems has a consensus price target of C$10.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.33%. Given Exco Technologies' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Exco Technologies is more favorable than Westport Fuel Systems.
Exco Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Westport Fuel Systems. Westport Fuel Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Exco Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Exco Technologies beats Westport Fuel Systems on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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