MOG.B vs. CW, EPAC, LIQT, SMX, ETN, LDOS, TDY, TXT, HII, and FTAI
Should you be buying Moog stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Moog include Curtiss-Wright (CW), Enerpac Tool Group (EPAC), LiqTech International (LIQT), SMX (Security Matters) Public (SMX), Eaton (ETN), Leidos (LDOS), Teledyne Technologies (TDY), Textron (TXT), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), and FTAI Aviation (FTAI).
Moog (NYSE:MOG.B) and Curtiss-Wright (NYSE:CW) are both aerospace companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
Curtiss-Wright has a net margin of 12.78% compared to Moog's net margin of 5.41%. Curtiss-Wright's return on equity of 16.79% beat Moog's return on equity.
8.1% of Moog shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of Curtiss-Wright shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of Moog shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Curtiss-Wright shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Moog has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Curtiss-Wright has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Moog pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Curtiss-Wright pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Moog pays out 19.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Curtiss-Wright pays out 8.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
In the previous week, Curtiss-Wright had 6 more articles in the media than Moog. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Curtiss-Wright and 0 mentions for Moog. Curtiss-Wright's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Moog's score of 0.00 indicating that Curtiss-Wright is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Curtiss-Wright has a consensus target price of $302.50, indicating a potential upside of 11.46%. Given Curtiss-Wright's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Curtiss-Wright is more favorable than Moog.
Curtiss-Wright has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Moog. Curtiss-Wright is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Moog, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Curtiss-Wright received 472 more outperform votes than Moog when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Moog an outperform vote while only 65.90% of users gave Curtiss-Wright an outperform vote.
Summary
Curtiss-Wright beats Moog on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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