Porvair (PRV) Competitors

Amiad Water Systems (LON:AFS) and Porvair (LON:PRV) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of AFS or PRV?

60.2% of Porvair shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.6% of Porvair shares are owned 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AFS or PRV?

Porvair received 108 more outperform votes than Amiad Water Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.19% of users gave Porvair an outperform vote while only 73.08% of users gave Amiad Water Systems an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Amiad Water Systems	Outperform Votes 76 73.08%	Underperform Votes 28 26.92%
Porvair	Outperform Votes 184 74.19%	Underperform Votes 64 25.81%

Does the media refer more to AFS or PRV?

In the previous week, Porvair had 1 more articles in the media than Amiad Water Systems. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Porvair and 0 mentions for Amiad Water Systems. Porvair's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Amiad Water Systems' score of 0.00 indicating that Porvair is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Amiad Water Systems	Neutral
Porvair	Positive

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, AFS or PRV?

Porvair has higher revenue and earnings than Amiad Water Systems. Amiad Water Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Porvair, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Amiad Water Systems	£104.60M	0.00	N/A	£6.80	N/A
Porvair	£179.19M	1.82	£15.35M	£33.73	21.17

Do analysts prefer AFS or PRV?

Porvair has a consensus price target of GBX 800, suggesting a potential upside of 12.04%. Given Porvair's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Porvair is more favorable than Amiad Water Systems.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amiad Water Systems	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Porvair	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is AFS or PRV more profitable?

Porvair has a net margin of 8.57% compared to Amiad Water Systems' net margin of 0.00%. Porvair's return on equity of 10.75% beat Amiad Water Systems' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amiad Water Systems	N/A	N/A	N/A
Porvair	8.57%	10.75%	6.39%

Summary

Porvair beats Amiad Water Systems on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.