VTSI vs. BAER, EVTL, TATT, ISSC, PKE, SPIR, PGSS, OPXS, RDW, and SPCE
Should you be buying VirTra stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of VirTra include Bridger Aerospace Group (BAER), Vertical Aerospace (EVTL), TAT Technologies (TATT), Innovative Solutions and Support (ISSC), Park Aerospace (PKE), Spire Global (SPIR), Pegasus Digital Mobility Acquisition (PGSS), Optex Systems (OPXS), Redwire (RDW), and Virgin Galactic (SPCE). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
Bridger Aerospace Group (NASDAQ:BAER) and VirTra (NASDAQ:VTSI) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.
48.9% of Bridger Aerospace Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.7% of VirTra shares are owned by institutional investors. 70.7% of Bridger Aerospace Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of VirTra shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
VirTra has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bridger Aerospace Group. Bridger Aerospace Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VirTra, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
VirTra has a consensus target price of $17.50, suggesting a potential upside of 71.40%. Given Bridger Aerospace Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe VirTra is more favorable than Bridger Aerospace Group.
Bridger Aerospace Group has a beta of -0.13, indicating that its stock price is 113% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VirTra has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, VirTra had 16 more articles in the media than Bridger Aerospace Group. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for VirTra and 8 mentions for Bridger Aerospace Group. Bridger Aerospace Group's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat VirTra's score of 0.20 indicating that VirTra is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
VirTra received 44 more outperform votes than Bridger Aerospace Group when rated by MarketBeat users.
VirTra has a net margin of 18.48% compared to VirTra's net margin of -73.43%. Bridger Aerospace Group's return on equity of 16.25% beat VirTra's return on equity.
Summary
VirTra beats Bridger Aerospace Group on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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