Regal Rexnord (RRX) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, RRX or CAE?

Regal Rexnord has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CAE has a beta of 1.74, suggesting that its stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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 1.2%. CAE pays an annual dividend of $0.3290 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. 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.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, 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	1.29	$196.20M	$2.95	39.81
CAE	$4.56B	1.72	-$225.35M	-$0.52	-47.28

Do analysts recommend RRX or CAE?

Regal Rexnord presently has a consensus target price of $195.75, indicating a potential upside of 66.67%. CAE has a consensus target price of $32.00, indicating a potential upside of 30.16%. Given Regal Rexnord's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly 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 refer more to RRX or CAE?

In the previous week, CAE had 3 more articles in the media than Regal Rexnord. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for CAE and 10 mentions for Regal Rexnord. CAE's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Regal Rexnord's score of 0.16 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)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
CAE	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RRX or CAE?

CAE received 516 more outperform votes than Regal Rexnord when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.53% of users gave Regal Rexnord an outperform vote while only 62.16% of users gave CAE an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Regal Rexnord	Outperform Votes 54 63.53%	Underperform Votes 31 36.47%
CAE	Outperform Votes 570 62.16%	Underperform Votes 347 37.84%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in 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, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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%

Summary

Regal Rexnord beats CAE on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.