SPR vs. CW, HII, HXL, AVAV, KTOS, AIR, TGI, ATRO, NPK, and SYPR
Should you be buying Spirit AeroSystems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Spirit AeroSystems include Curtiss-Wright (CW), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Hexcel (HXL), AeroVironment (AVAV), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS), AAR (AIR), Triumph Group (TGI), Astronics (ATRO), National Presto Industries (NPK), and Sypris Solutions (SYPR). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.
Curtiss-Wright (NYSE:CW) and Spirit AeroSystems (NYSE:SPR) are both aerospace companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, Curtiss-Wright had 3 more articles in the media than Spirit AeroSystems. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Curtiss-Wright and 6 mentions for Spirit AeroSystems. Curtiss-Wright's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Spirit AeroSystems' score of 0.56 indicating that Spirit AeroSystems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Curtiss-Wright presently has a consensus target price of $302.50, indicating a potential upside of 6.96%. Spirit AeroSystems has a consensus target price of $32.83, indicating a potential upside of 8.29%. Given Curtiss-Wright's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Spirit AeroSystems is more favorable than Curtiss-Wright.
Spirit AeroSystems received 283 more outperform votes than Curtiss-Wright when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.90% of users gave Curtiss-Wright an outperform vote while only 64.77% of users gave Spirit AeroSystems an outperform vote.
Curtiss-Wright has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Spirit AeroSystems. Spirit AeroSystems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Curtiss-Wright, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Curtiss-Wright has a net margin of 12.78% compared to Curtiss-Wright's net margin of -15.32%. Spirit AeroSystems' return on equity of 16.79% beat Curtiss-Wright's return on equity.
Curtiss-Wright has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spirit AeroSystems has a beta of 1.79, meaning that its share price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500.
82.7% of Curtiss-Wright shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.6% of Spirit AeroSystems shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Curtiss-Wright shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Spirit AeroSystems shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Curtiss-Wright beats Spirit AeroSystems on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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