Bridger Aerospace Group (NASDAQ:BAER) vs. ASSA ABLOY AB (publ) (OTCMKTS:ASAZF) Critical Comparison

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

Insider & Institutional Ownership

48.9% of Bridger Aerospace Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.3% of ASSA ABLOY AB (publ) shares are owned by institutional investors. 70.7% of Bridger Aerospace Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

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

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

Bridger Aerospace Group currently has a consensus target price of $5.38, indicating a potential upside of 108.33%. Given Bridger Aerospace Group’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Bridger Aerospace Group is more favorable than ASSA ABLOY AB (publ).

Profitability

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

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

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bridger Aerospace Group	$73.25 million	1.66	-$77.36 million	($1.75)	-1.47
ASSA ABLOY AB (publ)	N/A	N/A	N/A	$14.41	2.14

ASSA ABLOY AB (publ) has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

Summary

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

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.

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.