KTOS vs. AJRD, CW, HII, HXL, AVAV, SPR, AIR, TGI, ATRO, and NPK
Should you be buying Kratos Defense & Security Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions include Aerojet Rocketdyne (AJRD), Curtiss-Wright (CW), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Hexcel (HXL), AeroVironment (AVAV), Spirit AeroSystems (SPR), AAR (AIR), Triumph Group (TGI), Astronics (ATRO), and National Presto Industries (NPK). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.
Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE:AJRD) and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (NASDAQ:KTOS) are both mid-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment and profitability.
94.6% of Aerojet Rocketdyne shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Aerojet Rocketdyne shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Aerojet Rocketdyne has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has a consensus target price of $23.38, indicating a potential upside of 7.52%. Given Aerojet Rocketdyne's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Kratos Defense & Security Solutions is more favorable than Aerojet Rocketdyne.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions received 381 more outperform votes than Aerojet Rocketdyne when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.25% of users gave Kratos Defense & Security Solutions an outperform vote while only 58.37% of users gave Aerojet Rocketdyne an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions had 22 more articles in the media than Aerojet Rocketdyne. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions and 0 mentions for Aerojet Rocketdyne. Aerojet Rocketdyne's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' score of 1.03 indicating that Kratos Defense & Security Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Aerojet Rocketdyne has a net margin of 3.23% compared to Aerojet Rocketdyne's net margin of -0.06%. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' return on equity of 20.42% beat Aerojet Rocketdyne's return on equity.
Aerojet Rocketdyne has higher revenue and earnings than Kratos Defense & Security Solutions.
Summary
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions beats Aerojet Rocketdyne on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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