Head to Head Comparison: Cadre (CDRE) and Its Competitors

Cadre (NYSE:CDRE) is one of 229 public companies in the “Aerospace & Defense” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Cadre to similar businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

This table compares Cadre and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cadre	5.61%	13.26%	5.20%
Cadre Competitors	-278.66%	-46.60%	-4.00%

Dividends

Cadre pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Cadre pays out 42.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Aerospace & Defense” companies pay a dividend yield of 1.1% and pay out 38.5% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Cadre has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Cadre and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cadre	$732.65 million	$44.14 million	34.96
Cadre Competitors	$8.47 billion	$569.01 million	25.57

Cadre’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Cadre. Cadre is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Risk and Volatility

Cadre has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cadre’s peers have a beta of 1.31, indicating that their average stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

44.0% of Cadre shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.5% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are owned by institutional investors. 30.1% of Cadre shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.8% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Cadre and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cadre	0	2	5	1	2.88
Cadre Competitors	2156	8261	12766	580	2.50

Cadre presently has a consensus price target of $44.17, indicating a potential upside of 33.00%. As a group, “Aerospace & Defense” companies have a potential upside of 29.31%. Given Cadre’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Cadre is more favorable than its peers.

Summary

Cadre beats its peers on 10 of the 15 factors compared.

Cadre Company Profile

Cadre Holdings, Inc. manufactures and distributes safety that provides protection to users in hazardous or life-threatening situations in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Products and Distribution. It offers body armor product, such as concealable, corrections, and tactical armor under the Safariland and Protech Tactical brand names; survival suits, remotely operated vehicles, specialty tools, blast sensors, accessories, and vehicle blast attenuation seats for bomb safety technicians; bomb suits; duty gear, including belts and accessories; and other protective equipment comprising communications gear, forensic and investigation products, firearms cleaning solutions, and crowd control products. The company also offers third-party products, such as uniforms, optics, boots, firearms, and ammunition. It serves first responders, such as state and local law enforcement, fire and rescue, explosive ordnance disposal technicians, emergency medical technicians, fishing, and wildlife enforcement and departments of corrections, as well as federal agencies including the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Interior, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Department of Corrections, the Department of Energy, Los Alamos National Laboratories, Waste Isolation Plant, and various foreign government agencies. Cadre Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida.