WPRT vs. TPIC, NVOS, CGRN, CYD, CMI, BWXT, BC, LOT, SLDP, and HYLN
Should you be buying Westport Fuel Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Westport Fuel Systems include TPI Composites (TPIC), Novo Integrated Sciences (NVOS), Capstone Green Energy (CGRN), China Yuchai International (CYD), Cummins (CMI), BWX Technologies (BWXT), Brunswick (BC), Lotus Technology (LOT), Solid Power (SLDP), and Hyliion (HYLN).
TPI Composites (NASDAQ:TPIC) and Westport Fuel Systems (NASDAQ:WPRT) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.
TPI Composites presently has a consensus target price of $6.63, indicating a potential upside of 20.89%. Westport Fuel Systems has a consensus target price of $13.50, indicating a potential upside of 150.46%. Given TPI Composites' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Westport Fuel Systems is more favorable than TPI Composites.
TPI Composites and Westport Fuel Systems both received 352 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 64.47% of users gave TPI Composites an outperform vote while only 60.59% of users gave Westport Fuel Systems an outperform vote.
75.2% of TPI Composites shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.3% of Westport Fuel Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of TPI Composites shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Westport Fuel Systems shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
TPI Composites has a net margin of -11.74% compared to TPI Composites' net margin of -16.10%. Westport Fuel Systems' return on equity of 0.00% beat TPI Composites' return on equity.
TPI Composites has a beta of 1.96, indicating that its share price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Westport Fuel Systems has a beta of 2.47, indicating that its share price is 147% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Westport Fuel Systems had 3 more articles in the media than TPI Composites. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Westport Fuel Systems and 2 mentions for TPI Composites. Westport Fuel Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat TPI Composites' score of -0.06 indicating that TPI Composites is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Westport Fuel Systems has lower revenue, but higher earnings than TPI Composites. Westport Fuel Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TPI Composites, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Westport Fuel Systems beats TPI Composites on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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