VTSI vs. AGS, DOGZ, MWG, SHPW, JCSE, ACEL, AMCR, BRC, HI, and ARRY
Should you be buying VirTra stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of VirTra include PlayAGS (AGS), Dogness (International) (DOGZ), Multi Ways (MWG), Shapeways (SHPW), JE Cleantech (JCSE), Accel Entertainment (ACEL), Amcor (AMCR), Brady (BRC), Hillenbrand (HI), and Array Technologies (ARRY).
VirTra (NASDAQ:VTSI) and PlayAGS (NYSE:AGS) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.
VirTra has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PlayAGS has a beta of 2.38, indicating that its share price is 138% more volatile than the S&P 500.
VirTra has higher earnings, but lower revenue than PlayAGS. VirTra is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PlayAGS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
VirTra has a net margin of 18.48% compared to PlayAGS's net margin of 1.38%. VirTra's return on equity of 16.25% beat PlayAGS's return on equity.
14.7% of VirTra shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.4% of PlayAGS shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of VirTra shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of PlayAGS shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
PlayAGS received 196 more outperform votes than VirTra when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave PlayAGS an outperform vote while only 62.86% of users gave VirTra an outperform vote.
VirTra currently has a consensus target price of $17.50, suggesting a potential upside of 91.05%. PlayAGS has a consensus target price of $13.50, suggesting a potential upside of 16.88%. Given VirTra's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe VirTra is more favorable than PlayAGS.
In the previous week, VirTra had 2 more articles in the media than PlayAGS. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for VirTra and 1 mentions for PlayAGS. VirTra's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat PlayAGS's score of 0.51 indicating that VirTra is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
VirTra beats PlayAGS on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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