ATKR vs. CAE, NOVT, FLNC, ENS, 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), Fluence Energy (FLNC), EnerSys (ENS), 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 better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings 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 share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atkore has a beta of 2.19, suggesting that its share price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Atkore has higher revenue and earnings than CAE. CAE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atkore, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, CAE had 44 more articles in the media than Atkore. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for CAE and 3 mentions for Atkore. CAE's average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat Atkore's score of -0.11 indicating that Atkore is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Atkore has a net margin of 18.30% compared to Atkore's net margin of -6.97%. CAE's return on equity of 43.19% beat Atkore's return on equity.
67.4% of CAE shares are held by institutional investors. 18.3% of CAE shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Atkore shares are held by 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.
CAE presently has a consensus price target of $34.75, suggesting a potential upside of 85.04%. Atkore has a consensus price target of $187.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.91%. Given Atkore's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe CAE is more favorable than Atkore.
Summary
Atkore beats CAE on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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