Atkore (ATKR) Competitors

CAE (NYSE:CAE) and Atkore (NYSE:ATKR) are both aerospace companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and earnings.

Does the media refer more to CAE or ATKR?

In the previous week, Atkore had 26 more articles in the media than CAE. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Atkore and 14 mentions for CAE. CAE's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Atkore's score of 0.20 indicating that CAE is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CAE	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Atkore	11 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	19 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, CAE or ATKR?

CAE has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atkore has a beta of 2.02, indicating that its stock price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CAE or ATKR a better dividend stock?

CAE pays an annual dividend of $0.3290 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Atkore pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. CAE pays out -63.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Atkore pays out 12.4% 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.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CAE or ATKR?

Atkore has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CAE. CAE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atkore, 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
CAE	$4.56B	1.65	-$225.35M	-$0.52	-45.11
Atkore	$3.07B	0.65	$472.87M	$10.33	5.52

Is CAE or ATKR more profitable?

Atkore has a net margin of 12.42% compared to CAE's net margin of -4.96%. Atkore's return on equity of 25.69% beat CAE's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CAE	-4.96%	6.11%	2.67%
Atkore	12.42%	25.69%	13.27%

Do analysts prefer CAE or ATKR?

CAE currently has a consensus target price of $32.00, indicating a potential upside of 36.43%. Atkore has a consensus target price of $81.17, indicating a potential upside of 42.42%. Given Atkore's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Atkore is more favorable than CAE.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CAE	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.27
Atkore	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CAE or ATKR?

CAE received 212 more outperform votes than Atkore when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Atkore an outperform vote while only 62.17% of users gave CAE an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CAE	Outperform Votes 572 62.17%	Underperform Votes 348 37.83%
Atkore	Outperform Votes 360 66.67%	Underperform Votes 180 33.33%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CAE or ATKR?

67.4% of CAE shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.3% of CAE shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Atkore shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Atkore beats CAE on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.