Reviewing SIFCO Industries (NYSE:SIF) and Solstice Advanced Mat (NASDAQ:SOLS)

Solstice Advanced Mat (NASDAQ:SOLS) and SIFCO Industries (NYSE:SIF) are both manufacturing companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

24.2% of SIFCO Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 28.3% of SIFCO Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Solstice Advanced Mat and SIFCO Industries”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Solstice Advanced Mat	$3.81 billion	1.85	N/A	N/A	N/A
SIFCO Industries	$83.66 million	0.46	-$5.38 million	($0.13)	-47.38

Solstice Advanced Mat has higher revenue and earnings than SIFCO Industries.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Solstice Advanced Mat and SIFCO Industries, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Solstice Advanced Mat	0	2	1	0	2.33
SIFCO Industries	0	0	0	0	0.00

Solstice Advanced Mat presently has a consensus target price of $55.33, suggesting a potential upside of 24.51%. Given Solstice Advanced Mat’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Solstice Advanced Mat is more favorable than SIFCO Industries.

Profitability

This table compares Solstice Advanced Mat and SIFCO Industries’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Solstice Advanced Mat	N/A	N/A	N/A
SIFCO Industries	-4.35%	-18.70%	-5.84%

Summary

Solstice Advanced Mat beats SIFCO Industries on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Solstice Advanced Mat

Solstice Advanced Materials is a leading global specialty materials company that advances science for smarter outcomes. Solstice offers high-performance solutions that enable critical industries and applications, including refrigerants, semiconductor manufacturing, data center cooling, nuclear power, protective fibers, healthcare packaging and more.

About SIFCO Industries

SIFCO Industries, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, produces and sells forgings and machined components primarily for the aerospace and energy markets in North America and Europe. The company’s processes and services include forging, heat-treating, chemical processing, and machining. It also offers original equipment manufacturer and aftermarket components for aircraft and industrial gas turbine engines; steam turbine blades; structural airframe components; aircraft landing gear components; aircraft wheels and brakes; rotating components for helicopters; and commercial/industrial products. In addition, the company provides heat-treatment, surface-treatment, non-destructive testing, and select machining and sub-assembly of forged components. SIFCO Industries, Inc. was founded in 1913 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.