Reviewing VirTra (VTSI) & The Competition

VirTra (NASDAQ:VTSI) is one of 229 publicly-traded companies in the “Aerospace & Defense” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare VirTra to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations and risk.

Risk & Volatility

VirTra has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, VirTra’s competitors have a beta of 1.31, suggesting that their average share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares VirTra and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
VirTra	-17.04%	-6.59%	-4.57%
VirTra Competitors	-278.19%	-46.45%	-4.02%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for VirTra and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
VirTra	1	1	1	0	2.00
VirTra Competitors	2154	8253	12747	579	2.50

VirTra currently has a consensus price target of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 91.94%. As a group, “Aerospace & Defense” companies have a potential upside of 33.25%. Given VirTra’s higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe VirTra is more favorable than its competitors.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares VirTra and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
VirTra	$22.40 million	$260,000.00	-10.02
VirTra Competitors	$8.45 billion	$569.01 million	23.87

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

14.7% of VirTra shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.5% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of VirTra shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

VirTra competitors beat VirTra on 10 of the 13 factors compared.

VirTra Company Profile

VirTra, Inc. provides use of force training and firearms training simulators for the law enforcement, military, and commercial markets worldwide. Its patented technologies, software, and scenarios provide intense training for de-escalation, judgmental use-of-force, marksmanship, and related training that mimics real-world situations. It offers V-300 simulator, a 300 degree wrap-around screen for simulation training; V-180 simulator, a 180 degree screen for smaller spaces or budgets; V-100, a single-screen based simulator system; V-100 MIL, a single-screen based simulator system; and V-ST PRO, a realistic single screen firearms shooting and skills training simulator. The company also provides Virtual Interactive Coursework Training Academy (V-VICTA), which enables law enforcement agencies to teach, train, test, and sustain departmental training requirements; and Subscription Training Equipment Partnership, a program that allows agencies to utilize its simulator products, accessories, and V-VICTA interactive coursework on a subscription basis. In addition, it offers V-Author software that allows users to create, edit, and train with content specific to agency’s objectives and environments; Simulated Recoil Kits, a range of realistic and reliable simulated recoil kits/weapons; Threat-Fire, a device that applies real-world stress on the trainees during simulation training; and TASER, an OC spray and low-light training devices that interact with its simulators for training. The company sells its simulators and related products through a direct sales force and distribution partners. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Chandler, Arizona.