Energizer (ENR) Competitors

CAE (NYSE:CAE) and Energizer (NYSE:ENR) are both mid-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, valuation and profitability.

Which has more risk & volatility, CAE or ENR?

CAE has a beta of 1.72, indicating that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Energizer has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings & valuation, CAE or ENR?

Energizer has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CAE. CAE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Energizer, 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	$4.43B	1.70	-$225.35M	-$0.77	-30.62
Energizer	$2.89B	0.87	$38.10M	$0.52	66.90

Do insiders and institutionals believe in CAE or ENR?

67.4% of CAE shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.7% of Energizer shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.3% of CAE shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Energizer shares are owned by 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.

Does the media prefer CAE or ENR?

In the previous week, Energizer had 2 more articles in the media than CAE. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Energizer and 4 mentions for CAE. Energizer's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat CAE's score of 0.08 indicating that Energizer is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CAE	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Energizer	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CAE or ENR?

CAE received 180 more outperform votes than Energizer when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.24% of users gave CAE an outperform vote while only 59.36% of users gave Energizer an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CAE	Outperform Votes 567 62.24%	Underperform Votes 344 37.76%
Energizer	Outperform Votes 387 59.36%	Underperform Votes 265 40.64%

Do analysts recommend CAE or ENR?

CAE presently has a consensus target price of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.02%. Energizer has a consensus target price of $37.63, suggesting a potential upside of 8.15%. Given Energizer's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Energizer is more favorable than CAE.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CAE	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.22
Energizer	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Is CAE or ENR a better dividend stock?

CAE pays an annual dividend of $0.3290 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Energizer pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. CAE pays out -42.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Energizer pays out 230.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is CAE or ENR more profitable?

Energizer has a net margin of 1.32% compared to CAE's net margin of -7.49%. Energizer's return on equity of 155.40% beat CAE's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CAE	-7.49%	5.79%	2.56%
Energizer	1.32%	155.40%	5.58%

Summary

Energizer beats CAE on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.