HXL vs. TDY, TXT, CW, HII, AVAV, SPR, KTOS, AIR, TGI, and ATRO
Should you be buying Hexcel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hexcel include Teledyne Technologies (TDY), Textron (TXT), Curtiss-Wright (CW), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), AeroVironment (AVAV), Spirit AeroSystems (SPR), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS), AAR (AIR), Triumph Group (TGI), and Astronics (ATRO). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.
Teledyne Technologies (NYSE:TDY) and Hexcel (NYSE:HXL) are both aerospace companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and community ranking.
Teledyne Technologies has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hexcel has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Teledyne Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Hexcel. Teledyne Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hexcel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
91.6% of Teledyne Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Hexcel shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Teledyne Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Hexcel shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Teledyne Technologies has a net margin of 15.81% compared to Teledyne Technologies' net margin of 5.52%. Hexcel's return on equity of 10.54% beat Teledyne Technologies' return on equity.
Teledyne Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $470.83, suggesting a potential upside of 21.02%. Hexcel has a consensus target price of $77.57, suggesting a potential upside of 16.49%. Given Hexcel's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Teledyne Technologies is more favorable than Hexcel.
In the previous week, Teledyne Technologies had 5 more articles in the media than Hexcel. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Teledyne Technologies and 4 mentions for Hexcel. Teledyne Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Hexcel's score of 1.11 indicating that Hexcel is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hexcel received 174 more outperform votes than Teledyne Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.43% of users gave Teledyne Technologies an outperform vote while only 64.71% of users gave Hexcel an outperform vote.
Summary
Teledyne Technologies beats Hexcel on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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