ATKR vs. CAE, NOVT, ENS, FLNC, RUN, QS, SPB, ENR, ENVX, and SES
Should you be buying Atkore stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Atkore include CAE (CAE), Novanta (NOVT), EnerSys (ENS), Fluence Energy (FLNC), Sunrun (RUN), QuantumScape (QS), Spectrum Brands (SPB), Energizer (ENR), Enovix (ENVX), and SES AI (SES). These companies are all part of the "miscellaneous electrical machinery, equipment, & supplies" industry.
CAE (NYSE:CAE) and Atkore (NYSE:ATKR) are both mid-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, community ranking, dividends and institutional ownership.
CAE received 214 more outperform votes than Atkore when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.79% of users gave Atkore an outperform vote while only 62.60% of users gave CAE an outperform vote.
CAE has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atkore has a beta of 2.19, suggesting that its stock price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500.
67.4% of CAE shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.3% of CAE shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Atkore shares are owned by company 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.
Atkore has a net margin of 18.30% compared to Atkore's net margin of 6.20%. CAE's return on equity of 43.19% beat Atkore's return on equity.
Atkore has higher revenue and earnings than CAE. Atkore is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CAE, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CAE presently has a consensus target price of $34.75, indicating a potential upside of 87.33%. Atkore has a consensus target price of $187.00, indicating a potential upside of 24.03%. Given Atkore's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe CAE is more favorable than Atkore.
In the previous week, CAE had 58 more articles in the media than Atkore. MarketBeat recorded 62 mentions for CAE and 4 mentions for Atkore. CAE's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Atkore's score of -0.03 indicating that Atkore is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Atkore beats CAE on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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