DOOO vs. PII, MOD, HOG, ALSN, GT, LCID, VC, QS, LEA, and LCII
Should you be buying BRP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BRP include Polaris (PII), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), Harley-Davidson (HOG), Allison Transmission (ALSN), Goodyear Tire & Rubber (GT), Lucid Group (LCID), Visteon (VC), QuantumScape (QS), Lear (LEA), and LCI Industries (LCII). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.
BRP (NASDAQ:DOOO) and Polaris (NYSE:PII) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and dividends.
BRP has a beta of 2.08, meaning that its stock price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Polaris has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Polaris received 498 more outperform votes than BRP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.78% of users gave Polaris an outperform vote while only 56.42% of users gave BRP an outperform vote.
BRP has higher revenue and earnings than Polaris. BRP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Polaris, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BRP pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Polaris pays an annual dividend of $2.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. BRP pays out 8.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Polaris pays out 38.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
In the previous week, Polaris had 11 more articles in the media than BRP. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Polaris and 0 mentions for BRP. Polaris' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat BRP's score of -1.11 indicating that Polaris is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BRP presently has a consensus target price of $111.75, suggesting a potential upside of 63.38%. Polaris has a consensus target price of $100.27, suggesting a potential upside of 18.88%. Given BRP's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe BRP is more favorable than Polaris.
88.1% of Polaris shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Polaris shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
BRP has a net margin of 7.20% compared to Polaris' net margin of 4.63%. BRP's return on equity of 120.39% beat Polaris' return on equity.
Summary
BRP beats Polaris on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding DOOO 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 NASDAQ 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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