BBD.B vs. CAE, MDA, BBD.A, HRX, MAL, FTG, AVP, VOL, FLY, and MRS
Should you be buying Bombardier, Inc. Class B stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bombardier, Inc. Class B include CAE (CAE), MDA Space (MDA), Bombardier (BBD.A), Héroux-Devtek (HRX), Magellan Aerospace (MAL), Firan Technology Group (FTG), Avcorp Industries (AVP), Volatus Aerospace (VOL), FLYHT Aerospace Solutions (FLY), and Mission Ready Solutions (MRS). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.
CAE (TSE:CAE) and Bombardier, Inc. Class B (TSE:BBD.B) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.
CAE has a net margin of 6.13% compared to CAE's net margin of 3.21%. Bombardier, Inc. Class B's return on equity of 6.24% beat CAE's return on equity.
CAE has a beta of 1.92, suggesting that its share price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bombardier, Inc. Class B has a beta of 2.99, suggesting that its share price is 199% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CAE presently has a consensus price target of C$31.40, suggesting a potential upside of 22.70%. Bombardier, Inc. Class B has a consensus price target of C$92.20, suggesting a potential upside of 0.49%. Given Bombardier, Inc. Class B's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CAE is more favorable than Bombardier, Inc. Class B.
Bombardier, Inc. Class B received 305 more outperform votes than CAE when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.44% of users gave CAE an outperform vote while only 57.17% of users gave Bombardier, Inc. Class B an outperform vote.
76.4% of CAE shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.4% of Bombardier, Inc. Class B shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of CAE shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Bombardier, Inc. Class B shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
CAE has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Bombardier, Inc. Class B. CAE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bombardier, Inc. Class B, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, CAE had 18 more articles in the media than Bombardier, Inc. Class B. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for CAE and 11 mentions for Bombardier, Inc. Class B. CAE's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Bombardier, Inc. Class B's score of -0.52 indicating that Bombardier, Inc. Class B is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Bombardier, Inc. Class B beats CAE on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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