Savaria (SIS) Competitors

Savaria (TSE:SIS) and ATS (TSE:ATS) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in SIS or ATS?

28.3% of Savaria shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.1% of ATS shares are held by institutional investors. 17.5% of Savaria shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of ATS shares are held by company 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.

Do analysts rate SIS or ATS?

Savaria presently has a consensus target price of C$23.57, indicating a potential upside of 48.34%. ATS has a consensus target price of C$52.67, indicating a potential upside of 52.22%. Given ATS's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ATS is more favorable than Savaria.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Savaria	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
ATS	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Is SIS or ATS more profitable?

Savaria has a net margin of 5.34% compared to ATS's net margin of 3.24%. Savaria's return on equity of 8.24% beat ATS's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Savaria	5.34%	8.24%	5.38%
ATS	3.24%	5.25%	5.42%

Which has more volatility and risk, SIS or ATS?

Savaria has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ATS has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer SIS or ATS?

In the previous week, ATS had 4 more articles in the media than Savaria. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for ATS and 6 mentions for Savaria. Savaria's average media sentiment score of 0.08 beat ATS's score of -0.16 indicating that Savaria is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Savaria	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
ATS	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, SIS or ATS?

ATS has higher revenue and earnings than Savaria. Savaria is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ATS, 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
Savaria	C$874.68M	1.31	C$46.71M	C$0.64	24.86
ATS	C$2.76B	1.23	C$89.58M	C$0.91	38.11

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SIS or ATS?

Savaria received 268 more outperform votes than ATS when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.38% of users gave Savaria an outperform vote while only 61.11% of users gave ATS an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Savaria	Outperform Votes 290 69.38%	Underperform Votes 128 30.62%
ATS	Outperform Votes 22 61.11%	Underperform Votes 14 38.89%

Summary

Savaria and ATS tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.