Analyzing DEFSEC Technologies (DFSC) and Its Competitors

DEFSEC Technologies (NASDAQ:DFSC) is one of 229 publicly-traded companies in the “Aerospace & Defense” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare DEFSEC Technologies to similar companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares DEFSEC Technologies and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DEFSEC Technologies	-120.97%	-144.66%	-82.13%
DEFSEC Technologies Competitors	-303.02%	-29.93%	-3.85%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares DEFSEC Technologies and its rivals revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
DEFSEC Technologies	$3.53 million	-$6.88 million	-0.41
DEFSEC Technologies Competitors	$8.48 billion	$577.31 million	28.57

DEFSEC Technologies’ rivals have higher revenue and earnings than DEFSEC Technologies. DEFSEC Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

21.4% of DEFSEC Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.1% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are held by institutional investors. 12.1% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

DEFSEC Technologies has a beta of 2.76, indicating that its stock price is 176% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DEFSEC Technologies’ rivals have a beta of 1.39, indicating that their average stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for DEFSEC Technologies and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DEFSEC Technologies	1	0	0	0	1.00
DEFSEC Technologies Competitors	2033	8006	12336	537	2.50

As a group, “Aerospace & Defense” companies have a potential upside of 31.78%. Given DEFSEC Technologies’ rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe DEFSEC Technologies has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Summary

DEFSEC Technologies rivals beat DEFSEC Technologies on 11 of the 13 factors compared.

About DEFSEC Technologies

DEFSEC develops and commercializes breakthrough next-generation tactical systems for military and security forces. The Company’s current portfolio of offerings includes digitization of tactical forces for real-time shared situational awareness and targeting information from any source (including drones) streamed directly to users’ smart devices and weapons. Other DEFSEC products include countermeasures against threats such as electronic detection, lasers and drones. These systems can operate stand-alone or integrate seamlessly with OEM products and battlefield management systems, and all come integrated with TAK. The Company also has a new proprietary non-lethal product line branded PARA OPSTM with applications across all segments of the non-lethal market, including law enforcement. The Company is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, with representative offices in London, UK and Abu Dhabi, UAE.