Bridger Aerospace Group (BAER) versus Its Peers Critical Contrast

Bridger Aerospace Group (NASDAQ:BAER) is one of 182 publicly-traded companies in the “Business services, not elsewhere classified” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare Bridger Aerospace Group to similar businesses based on the strength of its earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares Bridger Aerospace Group and its rivals’ 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	-29.39%	-196.67%	-8.93%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Bridger Aerospace Group and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bridger Aerospace Group	$46.39 million	-$42.12 million	-25.67
Bridger Aerospace Group Competitors	$9.56 billion	$21.06 million	-6.67

Bridger Aerospace Group’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Bridger Aerospace Group. Bridger Aerospace Group 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.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

22.4% of Bridger Aerospace Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.5% 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, 16.9% of shares of all “Business services, not elsewhere classified” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

Bridger Aerospace Group has a beta of -0.42, suggesting that its stock price is 142% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bridger Aerospace Group’s rivals have a beta of 1.36, suggesting that their average stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Bridger Aerospace Group and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bridger Aerospace Group	0	0	0	0	N/A
Bridger Aerospace Group Competitors	773	4816	9559	208	2.60

As a group, “Business services, not elsewhere classified” companies have a potential upside of 12.01%. Given Bridger Aerospace Group’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Bridger Aerospace Group has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Summary

Bridger Aerospace Group rivals beat Bridger Aerospace Group on 8 of the 10 factors compared.

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 21 planes. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Belgrade, Montana.