Contrasting ATS (ATSAF) and The Competition

ATS (OTCMKTS:ATSAF) is one of 435 publicly-traded companies in the “Machinery” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare ATS to similar businesses based on the strength of its profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for ATS and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ATS	0	0	3	0	3.00
ATS Competitors	4060	14432	17847	775	2.41

As a group, “Machinery” companies have a potential upside of 28.47%. Given ATS’s competitors higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ATS has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

72.9% of ATS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.2% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are held by institutional investors. 14.1% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares ATS and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ATS	N/A	N/A	N/A
ATS Competitors	-1,948.01%	-20.82%	1.05%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares ATS and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
ATS	N/A	N/A	30.81
ATS Competitors	$4.51 billion	$347.86 million	-12.52

ATS’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than ATS. ATS is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

ATS beats its competitors on 6 of the 11 factors compared.

About ATS

ATS Corp. engages in planning, designing, building, commissioning, and servicing automated manufacturing and assembly systems. It offers custom automation, repeat automation, automation products, and value-added services, including pre-automation and after-sales services to life sciences, chemicals, consumer products, electronics, food, beverage, transportation, energy, and oil and gas market. The company was founded by Klaus D. Woerner in 1978 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Canada.