Head to Head Review: DEFSEC Technologies (NASDAQ:DFSC) versus Avon Protection (OTCMKTS:AVNBF)

Avon Protection (OTCMKTS:AVNBF) and DEFSEC Technologies (NASDAQ:DFSC) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, risk and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Avon Protection and DEFSEC Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Avon Protection	0	0	0	0	0.00
DEFSEC Technologies	1	0	0	0	1.00

Profitability

This table compares Avon Protection and DEFSEC Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Avon Protection	N/A	N/A	N/A
DEFSEC Technologies	-232.47%	-217.22%	-114.86%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Avon Protection and DEFSEC Technologies”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Avon Protection	N/A	N/A	N/A	C$0.42	55.32
DEFSEC Technologies	$1.11 million	4.17	-$5.47 million	($23.98)	-0.14

Avon Protection has higher earnings, but lower revenue than DEFSEC Technologies. DEFSEC Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Avon Protection, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

45.1% of Avon Protection shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.4% of DEFSEC Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Avon Protection beats DEFSEC Technologies on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Avon Protection

Avon Protection plc provides respiratory, chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear and head protection solutions for military and first responder agencies in the United Kingdom, Europe, and the United States. The company offers respiratory products, including respirators, filters, powered and supplied air, escape hoods, underwater systems, and thermal image camera, and CBRN protective wear, as well as spares and accessories. It also provides head protection products, such as ballistic helmets, bump protection helmets, helmet liners, and retention system. It offers its products under the Avon Protection and Team Wendy brands. The company was formerly known as Avon Rubber p.l.c. and changed its name to Avon Protection plc in July 2021. Avon Protection plc was incorporated in 1890 and is headquartered in Melksham, the United Kingdom.

About DEFSEC Technologies

DEFSEC develops and commercializes breakthrough next-generation tactical systems for military and security forces. The Company’s current portfolio of offerings includes digitization of tactical forces for real-time shared situational awareness and targeting information from any source (including drones) streamed directly to users’ smart devices and weapons. Other DEFSEC products include countermeasures against threats such as electronic detection, lasers and drones. These systems can operate stand-alone or integrate seamlessly with OEM products and battlefield management systems, and all come integrated with TAK. The Company also has a new proprietary non-lethal product line branded PARA OPSTM with applications across all segments of the non-lethal market, including law enforcement. The Company is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, with representative offices in London, UK and Abu Dhabi, UAE.