Critical Analysis: Rail Vision (NASDAQ:RVSN) and Alstom (OTCMKTS:ALSMY)

Alstom (OTCMKTS:ALSMY) and Rail Vision (NASDAQ:RVSN) are both transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Alstom and Rail Vision, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alstom	1	1	0	1	2.33
Rail Vision	0	0	0	0	0.00

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.0% of Alstom shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.1% of Rail Vision shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.7% of Rail Vision shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility and Risk

Alstom has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rail Vision has a beta of -1.23, suggesting that its share price is 223% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Alstom and Rail Vision”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Alstom	$19.85 billion	0.55	$160.07 million	N/A	N/A
Rail Vision	$1.30 million	14.10	-$30.71 million	($4.49)	-0.08

Alstom has higher revenue and earnings than Rail Vision.

Profitability

This table compares Alstom and Rail Vision’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alstom	N/A	N/A	N/A
Rail Vision	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Alstom beats Rail Vision on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Alstom

Alstom SA provides solutions for rail transport industry in Europe, the Americas, Asia and Pacific, the Middle East, Central Asia, and Africa. The company offers rolling stock solutions comprising people movers and monorails, light rails, metros, commuter trains, regional trains, high-speed trains, and locomotives; asset optimization, cybersecurity, connectivity, digital passenger, and security and city mobility solutions; and signaling products, such as urban, mainline, and freight and mining signaling. It also provides APM, monorail, tram, metro, and main line systems; and tracklaying and track solutions, catenary free and ground feeding solutions, electrification solutions, and electromechanical equipment, as well as cybersecurity solutions. In addition, the company provides maintenance, modernization, overhaul, parts and repair, and support services. Further, it offers various components, including bogies, motors and generators, friction brakes, switchgears, gearboxes, traction and auxiliary converters, transformers, components propulsion, green traction solutions, interiors and train control and information systems, hydrogen and battery solutions, and dispen dampers. The company was founded in 1928 and is based in Saint-Ouen, France.

About Rail Vision

Rail Vision Ltd. designs, develops, assembles, and sells railway detection systems for railway operational safety, efficiency, and predictive maintenance in Israel. The company's railway detection systems include various cameras, such as optics, visible light spectrum cameras (video), and thermal cameras that transmit data to a ruggedized on-board computer that is designed to be suitable for the rough environment of a train's locomotive. It offers main line systems for the safety of train operations, prevention of collisions, and reduction of downtime; railway detection system for passengers and freight trains; shunting yard systems for shunting operations; and light rail vehicle systems for detecting and classifying obstacles. The company also provides rail vision big data services, as well as maintenance and predictive maintenance systems; and geographic information systems for mapping and updates. Rail Vision Ltd. was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in Ra'anana, Israel.