AVAV vs. TDY, TXT, CW, HII, HXL, SPR, KTOS, AIR, TGI, and ATRO
Should you be buying AeroVironment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AeroVironment include Teledyne Technologies (TDY), Textron (TXT), Curtiss-Wright (CW), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Hexcel (HXL), 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 AeroVironment (NASDAQ:AVAV) are both aerospace companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
91.6% of Teledyne Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.4% of AeroVironment shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Teledyne Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of AeroVironment shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Teledyne Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $470.83, indicating a potential upside of 18.61%. AeroVironment has a consensus price target of $140.20, indicating a potential downside of 30.65%. Given AeroVironment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Teledyne Technologies is more favorable than AeroVironment.
AeroVironment received 47 more outperform votes than Teledyne Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.43% of users gave Teledyne Technologies an outperform vote while only 54.21% of users gave AeroVironment an outperform vote.
In the previous week, AeroVironment had 8 more articles in the media than Teledyne Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for AeroVironment and 3 mentions for Teledyne Technologies. AeroVironment's average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat Teledyne Technologies' score of 0.81 indicating that Teledyne Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Teledyne Technologies has a net margin of 15.81% compared to Teledyne Technologies' net margin of -15.14%. Teledyne Technologies' return on equity of 13.93% beat AeroVironment's return on equity.
Teledyne Technologies has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AeroVironment has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Teledyne Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than AeroVironment. AeroVironment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Teledyne Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Teledyne Technologies beats AeroVironment on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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