CAE vs. BBD.B, EFN, TIH, AC, FTT, STN, ATS, SES, GFL, and TFII
Should you be buying CAE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CAE include Bombardier, Inc. Class B (BBD.B), Element Fleet Management (EFN), Toromont Industries (TIH), Air Canada (AC), Finning International (FTT), Stantec (STN), ATS (ATS), Secure Energy Services (SES), GFL Environmental (GFL), and TFI International (TFII). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
CAE (TSE:CAE) and Bombardier, Inc. Class B (TSE:BBD.B) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, risk, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Bombardier, Inc. Class B has higher revenue and earnings than CAE. Bombardier, Inc. Class B is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CAE, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CAE has a net margin of 6.13% compared to Bombardier, Inc. Class B's net margin of 5.53%. CAE's return on equity of 6.24% beat Bombardier, Inc. Class B's return on equity.
Bombardier, Inc. Class B received 307 more outperform votes than CAE when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.39% of users gave CAE an outperform vote while only 57.11% of users gave Bombardier, Inc. Class B an outperform vote.
72.8% of CAE shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.6% 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, CAE had 1 more articles in the media than Bombardier, Inc. Class B. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for CAE and 3 mentions for Bombardier, Inc. Class B. Bombardier, Inc. Class B's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat CAE's score of 0.28 indicating that Bombardier, Inc. Class B is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CAE presently has a consensus price target of C$32.80, indicating a potential upside of 18.63%. Bombardier, Inc. Class B has a consensus price target of C$87.56, indicating a potential upside of 10.70%. Given CAE's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe CAE is more favorable than Bombardier, Inc. Class B.
CAE has a beta of 1.92, suggesting that its stock price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bombardier, Inc. Class B has a beta of 2.96, suggesting that its stock price is 196% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Bombardier, Inc. Class B beats CAE on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CAE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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