BAER vs. IBEX, MPLN, PMTS, NUTX, TRVG, ATLN, EGHT, SHAP, PHLT, and RGP
Should you be buying Bridger Aerospace Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bridger Aerospace Group include IBEX (IBEX), MultiPlan (MPLN), CPI Card Group (PMTS), Nutex Health (NUTX), trivago (TRVG), Atlantic International (ATLN), 8X8 (EGHT), Spree Acquisition Corp. 1 (SHAP), Performant Healthcare, Inc. - Common Stock (PHLT), and Resources Connection (RGP). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Bridger Aerospace Group vs.
IBEX (NASDAQ:IBEX) and Bridger Aerospace Group (NASDAQ:BAER) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability.
IBEX currently has a consensus target price of $25.00, indicating a potential downside of 2.50%. Bridger Aerospace Group has a consensus target price of $5.25, indicating a potential upside of 337.50%. Given Bridger Aerospace Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Bridger Aerospace Group is more favorable than IBEX.
IBEX has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bridger Aerospace Group has a beta of -0.14, suggesting that its stock price is 114% less volatile than the S&P 500.
IBEX received 26 more outperform votes than Bridger Aerospace Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Bridger Aerospace Group an outperform vote while only 41.77% of users gave IBEX an outperform vote.
81.2% of IBEX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.9% of Bridger Aerospace Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.7% of IBEX shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 76.2% of Bridger Aerospace Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, IBEX had 4 more articles in the media than Bridger Aerospace Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for IBEX and 5 mentions for Bridger Aerospace Group. IBEX's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Bridger Aerospace Group's score of -0.84 indicating that IBEX is being referred to more favorably in the media.
IBEX has a net margin of 7.08% compared to Bridger Aerospace Group's net margin of -40.25%. IBEX's return on equity of 25.29% beat Bridger Aerospace Group's return on equity.
IBEX has higher revenue and earnings than Bridger Aerospace Group. Bridger Aerospace Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IBEX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
IBEX beats Bridger Aerospace Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BAER) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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