Regal Rexnord (RRX) Competitors

Regal Rexnord (NYSE:RRX) and CAE (NYSE:CAE) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and valuation.

Is RRX or CAE a better dividend stock?

Regal Rexnord pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. CAE pays an annual dividend of $0.3290 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Regal Rexnord pays out 47.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CAE pays out -63.3% 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. CAE is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts recommend RRX or CAE?

Regal Rexnord presently has a consensus price target of $170.75, suggesting a potential upside of 76.34%. CAE has a consensus price target of $32.00, suggesting a potential upside of 43.59%. Given Regal Rexnord's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Regal Rexnord is more favorable than CAE.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Regal Rexnord	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89
CAE	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.27

Does the media prefer RRX or CAE?

In the previous week, Regal Rexnord had 7 more articles in the media than CAE. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Regal Rexnord and 12 mentions for CAE. CAE's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Regal Rexnord's score of 0.51 indicating that CAE is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Regal Rexnord	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CAE	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RRX or CAE?

CAE received 512 more outperform votes than Regal Rexnord when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.84% of users gave Regal Rexnord an outperform vote while only 62.13% of users gave CAE an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Regal Rexnord	Outperform Votes 59 64.84%	Underperform Votes 32 35.16%
CAE	Outperform Votes 571 62.13%	Underperform Votes 348 37.87%

Is RRX or CAE more profitable?

Regal Rexnord has a net margin of 3.25% compared to CAE's net margin of -4.96%. Regal Rexnord's return on equity of 9.57% beat CAE's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Regal Rexnord	3.25%	9.57%	4.17%
CAE	-4.96%	6.11%	2.67%

Which has more risk and volatility, RRX or CAE?

Regal Rexnord has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CAE has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, RRX or CAE?

Regal Rexnord has higher revenue and earnings than CAE. CAE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Regal Rexnord, 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
Regal Rexnord	$6.03B	1.06	$196.20M	$2.95	32.82
CAE	$4.56B	1.57	-$225.35M	-$0.52	-42.86

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of RRX or CAE?

99.7% of Regal Rexnord shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.4% of CAE shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Regal Rexnord shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.3% of CAE shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Regal Rexnord beats CAE on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.