PX vs. NOAH, BRDG, BBDC, BSIG, ABL, PAX, FDUS, VINP, ALTI, and DHIL
Should you be buying Praxair stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Praxair include Noah (NOAH), Bridge Investment Group (BRDG), Barings BDC (BBDC), BrightSphere Investment Group (BSIG), Abacus Life (ABL), Patria Investments (PAX), Fidus Investment (FDUS), Vinci Partners Investments (VINP), AlTi Global (ALTI), and Diamond Hill Investment Group (DHIL). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.
Praxair (NYSE:PX) and Noah (NYSE:NOAH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.
Praxair received 280 more outperform votes than Noah when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.92% of users gave Praxair an outperform vote while only 58.09% of users gave Noah an outperform vote.
Noah has a net margin of 33.36% compared to Praxair's net margin of -1.00%. Praxair's return on equity of 24.14% beat Noah's return on equity.
Praxair pays an annual dividend of $0.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Noah pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Praxair pays out -650.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Noah pays out 17.6% 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, Praxair and Praxair both had 2 articles in the media. Noah's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Praxair's score of 0.00 indicating that Noah is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Praxair has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Noah has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Noah has higher revenue and earnings than Praxair. Praxair is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Noah, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
48.1% of Praxair shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.7% of Noah shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.5% of Praxair shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 47.2% of Noah shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Praxair presently has a consensus target price of $10.67, suggesting a potential upside of 29.61%. Noah has a consensus target price of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.21%. Given Praxair's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Praxair is more favorable than Noah.
Summary
Noah beats Praxair on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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