Head-To-Head Comparison: Bridger Aerospace Group (BAER) and Its Competitors
by Danessa Lincoln · The Markets DailyBridger Aerospace Group (NASDAQ:BAER – Get Free Report) is one of 180 publicly-traded companies in the “Business services, not elsewhere classified” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Bridger Aerospace Group to similar companies based on the strength of its profitability, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
Volatility & Risk
Bridger Aerospace Group has a beta of -0.23, suggesting that its stock price is 123% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bridger Aerospace Group’s peers have a beta of 1.32, suggesting that their average stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Bridger Aerospace Group and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
Bridger Aerospace Group | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Bridger Aerospace Group Competitors | 691 | 4385 | 9083 | 220 | 2.61 |
As a group, “Business services, not elsewhere classified” companies have a potential upside of 8.83%. Given Bridger Aerospace Group’s peers higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bridger Aerospace Group has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Bridger Aerospace Group and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
Bridger Aerospace Group | $46.39 million | -$42.12 million | -32.32 |
Bridger Aerospace Group Competitors | $3.43 billion | $152.50 million | -8.54 |
Bridger Aerospace Group’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Bridger Aerospace Group. Bridger Aerospace Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.
Profitability
This table compares Bridger Aerospace Group and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
Bridger Aerospace Group | -94.73% | N/A | -22.74% |
Bridger Aerospace Group Competitors | -27.97% | -199.39% | -9.11% |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
22.4% of Bridger Aerospace Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.7% of shares of all “Business services, not elsewhere classified” companies are held by institutional investors. 70.7% of Bridger Aerospace Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.5% of shares of all “Business services, not elsewhere classified” companies are held by company 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
Bridger Aerospace Group peers beat Bridger Aerospace Group on 8 of the 10 factors compared.
Bridger Aerospace Group Company Profile
Bridger Aerospace Group Holdings, Inc. provides aerial wildfire management, relief and suppression, and firefighting services to federal and state government agencies in the United States. It offers fire suppression services, such as direct fire suppression aerial firefighting support services for ground crew to drop large amounts of water quickly and directly on wildfires. The company also provides aerial surveillance services, including fire suppression aircraft over an incident and tactical coordination with the incident commander through its manned and unmanned aircraft. It operates an aircraft fleet of 21 planes. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Belgrade, Montana.