Bombardier, Inc. Class B (BBD.B) Competitors

CAE (TSE:CAE) and Bombardier, Inc. Class B (TSE:BBD.B) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CAE or BBD.B?

Bombardier, Inc. Class B has higher revenue and earnings than CAE. CAE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bombardier, Inc. Class B, 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	C$4.34B	2.35	-C$341.80M	-C$1.07	-29.90
Bombardier, Inc. Class B	C$8.40B	1.07	C$276M	C$3.86	26.85

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CAE or BBD.B?

Bombardier, Inc. Class B received 309 more outperform votes than CAE when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.54% of users gave CAE an outperform vote while only 57.04% of users gave Bombardier, Inc. Class B an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CAE	Outperform Votes 355 57.54%	Underperform Votes 262 42.46%
Bombardier, Inc. Class B	Outperform Votes 664 57.04%	Underperform Votes 500 42.96%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CAE or BBD.B?

77.3% of CAE shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.9% of Bombardier, Inc. Class B shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of CAE shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Bombardier, Inc. Class B shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend CAE or BBD.B?

CAE presently has a consensus target price of C$32.35, suggesting a potential upside of 1.13%. Bombardier, Inc. Class B has a consensus target price of C$114.33, suggesting a potential upside of 10.31%. Given Bombardier, Inc. Class B's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bombardier, Inc. Class B is more favorable than CAE.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CAE	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38
Bombardier, Inc. Class B	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Which has more risk and volatility, CAE or BBD.B?

CAE has a beta of 1.91, suggesting that its stock price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bombardier, Inc. Class B has a beta of 2.98, suggesting that its stock price is 198% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to CAE or BBD.B?

In the previous week, CAE had 23 more articles in the media than Bombardier, Inc. Class B. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for CAE and 1 mentions for Bombardier, Inc. Class B. Bombardier, Inc. Class B's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat CAE's score of 0.19 indicating that Bombardier, Inc. Class B is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CAE	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Bombardier, Inc. Class B	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CAE or BBD.B more profitable?

Bombardier, Inc. Class B has a net margin of 3.65% compared to CAE's net margin of -7.39%. Bombardier, Inc. Class B's return on equity of 0.00% beat CAE's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CAE	-7.39%	-7.43%	2.79%
Bombardier, Inc. Class B	3.65%	N/A	4.11%

Summary

Bombardier, Inc. Class B beats CAE on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.