Head-To-Head Comparison: SIFCO Industries (NYSE:SIF) versus Solstice Advanced Mat (NASDAQ:SOLS)

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

Analyst Recommendations

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

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

Solstice Advanced Mat has a consensus target price of $55.33, suggesting a potential upside of 27.94%. Given Solstice Advanced Mat’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Solstice Advanced Mat is more favorable than SIFCO Industries.

Profitability

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

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

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares SIFCO Industries and Solstice Advanced Mat”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SIFCO Industries	$83.66 million	0.47	-$5.38 million	($0.13)	-48.92
Solstice Advanced Mat	$3.81 billion	1.80	N/A	N/A	N/A

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

Insider & Institutional 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, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

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

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.

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.