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Porvair (PRV) Competitors

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GBX 750 +10.00 (+1.35%)
As of 08/1/2025 11:50 AM Eastern

PRV vs. AFS, MYX, AEG, BOE, FGP, SMS, BIFF, FAN, TPK, and GEC

Should you be buying Porvair stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Porvair include Amiad Water Systems (AFS), MYCELX Technologies (MYX), Active Energy Group (AEG), Boeing (BOE), FirstGroup (FGP), Smart Metering Systems (SMS), Biffa (BIFF), Volution Group (FAN), Travis Perkins (TPK), and General Electric (GEC). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.

Porvair vs. Its Competitors

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

Given Amiad Water Systems' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Amiad Water Systems is more favorable than Porvair.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Porvair
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Amiad Water Systems
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

60.2% of Porvair shares are held by institutional investors. 21.6% of Porvair shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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
Porvair8.57% 10.75% 6.39%
Amiad Water Systems N/A N/A N/A

In the previous week, Porvair's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Amiad Water Systems'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Porvair Neutral
Amiad Water Systems Neutral

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Porvair£179.19M1.92£15.35M£33.7322.23
Amiad Water Systems£104.60M0.00N/A£6.80N/A

Summary

Porvair beats Amiad Water Systems on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON 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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PRV vs. The Competition

MetricPorvairPollution & Treatment Controls IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£343.16M£368.70M£7.60B£3.03B
Dividend Yield0.87%22.15%4.56%5.02%
P/E Ratio22.237.9325.27176.75
Price / Sales1.9233.9998.63264,362.45
Price / Cash17.3719.0627.7627.97
Price / Book2.353.254.314.53
Net Income£15.35M-£1.02M£792.92M£5.90B
7 Day Performance1.08%-6.40%-1.93%12.58%
1 Month Performance1.90%-2.30%2.28%6.10%
1 Year Performance14.68%-1.96%29.53%71.60%

Porvair Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PRV
Porvair
N/AGBX 750
+1.4%
N/A+13.3%£343.16M£179.19M22.23976
AFS
Amiad Water Systems
N/AN/AN/AN/A£110.71M£104.60M53.533,950Gap Up
High Trading Volume
MYX
MYCELX Technologies
N/AGBX 24.41
+1.7%
GBX 95
+289.2%
-56.8%£7.02M£11.21M-1.95N/A
AEG
Active Energy Group
N/AGBX 0.16
+14.3%
N/A+136.4%£324KN/A-0.5822,300Gap Up
High Trading Volume
BOE
Boeing
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.32B£70.54B-30.77156,000Gap Up
FGP
FirstGroup
1.1183 of 5 stars
GBX 219.80
+0.2%
GBX 240
+9.2%
+32.0%£1.29B£3.75B-102.7031,477
SMS
Smart Metering Systems
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.27B£135.52M8,654.551,361
BIFF
Biffa
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.26B£1.44B-51.257,357News Coverage
FAN
Volution Group
1.0059 of 5 stars
GBX 632
-1.4%
GBX 700
+10.8%
+22.5%£1.25B£346.77M29.091,909
TPK
Travis Perkins
1.6214 of 5 stars
GBX 572
+0.1%
GBX 823.33
+43.9%
-44.1%£1.21B£4.77B-69.2519,172
GEC
General Electric
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.14B£69.52B27.63125,000Gap Up

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This page (LON:PRV) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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