NPK vs. TGI, ATRO, SYPR, HON, LMT, BA, GD, TDG, NOC, and HEI
Should you be buying National Presto Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of National Presto Industries include Triumph Group (TGI), Astronics (ATRO), Sypris Solutions (SYPR), Honeywell International (HON), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Boeing (BA), General Dynamics (GD), TransDigm Group (TDG), Northrop Grumman (NOC), and HEICO (HEI). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.
Triumph Group (NYSE:TGI) and National Presto Industries (NYSE:NPK) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings.
In the previous week, Triumph Group had 11 more articles in the media than National Presto Industries. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Triumph Group and 4 mentions for National Presto Industries. National Presto Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Triumph Group's score of 0.43 indicating that Triumph Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Triumph Group has a beta of 2.55, meaning that its stock price is 155% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Presto Industries has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Triumph Group has higher revenue and earnings than National Presto Industries. Triumph Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than National Presto Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Triumph Group pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. National Presto Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Triumph Group pays out 2.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. National Presto Industries pays out 22.1% 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.
Triumph Group has a net margin of 39.09% compared to Triumph Group's net margin of 9.56%. Triumph Group's return on equity of 9.44% beat National Presto Industries' return on equity.
94.5% of Triumph Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.6% of National Presto Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of Triumph Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 28.0% of National Presto Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Triumph Group received 466 more outperform votes than National Presto Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.47% of users gave National Presto Industries an outperform vote while only 61.11% of users gave Triumph Group an outperform vote.
Triumph Group presently has a consensus target price of $18.75, indicating a potential upside of 32.88%. Given National Presto Industries' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Triumph Group is more favorable than National Presto Industries.
Summary
Triumph Group beats National Presto Industries on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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