DOOO vs. PII, MOD, HOG, ALSN, GT, LCID, VC, QS, LEA, and LCII
Should you be buying BRP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BRP include Polaris (PII), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), Harley-Davidson (HOG), Allison Transmission (ALSN), Goodyear Tire & Rubber (GT), Lucid Group (LCID), Visteon (VC), QuantumScape (QS), Lear (LEA), and LCI Industries (LCII). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.
Polaris (NYSE:PII) and BRP (NASDAQ:DOOO) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and risk.
Polaris has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BRP has a beta of 2.08, indicating that its stock price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Polaris had 11 more articles in the media than BRP. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Polaris and 0 mentions for BRP. BRP's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Polaris' score of -0.29 indicating that Polaris is being referred to more favorably in the media.
BRP has a net margin of 7.20% compared to BRP's net margin of 4.63%. Polaris' return on equity of 120.39% beat BRP's return on equity.
BRP has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Polaris. BRP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Polaris, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Polaris pays an annual dividend of $2.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. BRP pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Polaris pays out 38.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BRP pays out 8.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Polaris has increased its dividend for 29 consecutive years and BRP has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Polaris is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Polaris currently has a consensus price target of $100.27, suggesting a potential upside of 18.88%. BRP has a consensus price target of $111.75, suggesting a potential upside of 63.38%. Given Polaris' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe BRP is more favorable than Polaris.
Polaris received 498 more outperform votes than BRP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.78% of users gave Polaris an outperform vote while only 56.42% of users gave BRP an outperform vote.
88.1% of Polaris shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Polaris shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Polaris and BRP tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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