Critical Analysis: ASSA ABLOY AB (publ) (OTCMKTS:ASAZF) & Bridger Aerospace Group (NASDAQ:BAER)

ASSA ABLOY AB (publ) (OTCMKTS:ASAZF) and Bridger Aerospace Group (NASDAQ:BAER) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares ASSA ABLOY AB (publ) and Bridger Aerospace Group”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ASSA ABLOY AB (publ)	N/A	N/A	N/A	$14.41	2.14
Bridger Aerospace Group	$73.25 million	1.62	-$77.36 million	($1.75)	-1.45

ASSA ABLOY AB (publ) has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Bridger Aerospace Group. Bridger Aerospace Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ASSA ABLOY AB (publ), indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for ASSA ABLOY AB (publ) and Bridger Aerospace Group, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ASSA ABLOY AB (publ)	0	0	0	0	N/A
Bridger Aerospace Group	0	0	2	0	3.00

Bridger Aerospace Group has a consensus target price of $5.38, indicating a potential upside of 112.45%. Given Bridger Aerospace Group’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Bridger Aerospace Group is more favorable than ASSA ABLOY AB (publ).

Profitability

This table compares ASSA ABLOY AB (publ) and Bridger Aerospace Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ASSA ABLOY AB (publ)	N/A	N/A	N/A
Bridger Aerospace Group	-59.69%	N/A	-15.92%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

42.3% of ASSA ABLOY AB (publ) shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.9% of Bridger Aerospace Group shares are held by institutional investors. 70.7% of Bridger Aerospace Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Bridger Aerospace Group beats ASSA ABLOY AB (publ) on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About ASSA ABLOY AB (publ)

ASSA ABLOY AB (publ) provides door opening and access products, solutions, and services for the institutional, commercial, and residential markets in Europe, the Middle East, India, Africa, North and South America, Asia, and Oceania. The company provides digital access solutions, such as electronic access control ecosystem, wireless solutions, electronic key solutions, standalone access solutions, and wired solutions; swing, revolving, and sliding doors; mechanical products, including hinges, lever handles, mortise lockcases, euro profile cylinders, panic exit devices, door closers, floor spring, and general hardware; and doors. It offers Openings Studio, a building information modeling software ecosystem is collaboration tool for designing, documenting, and managing openings. The company provides its products primarily under the ASSA ABLOY, Yale, and HID brands. It sells its products through distributors and wholesalers. The company serves aviation, education, distribution and logistics, entertainment and public facility, finance and banking, government and military, healthcare, hospitality, manufacturing, mining, office and enterprise, homes and residence, retail, shipyards, and transportation industries. ASSA ABLOY AB (publ) was incorporated in 1954 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.

About Bridger Aerospace Group

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 18 planes. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Belgrade, Montana.