HEI.A vs. HEI, TATT, SIF, RTX, HON, GD, TDG, NOC, LHX, and LDOS
Should you be buying HEICO stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HEICO include HEICO (HEI), TAT Technologies (TATT), SIFCO Industries (SIF), RTX (RTX), Honeywell International (HON), General Dynamics (GD), TransDigm Group (TDG), Northrop Grumman (NOC), L3Harris Technologies (LHX), and Leidos (LDOS).
HEICO (NYSE:HEI.A) and HEICO (NYSE:HEI) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
In the previous week, HEICO had 9 more articles in the media than HEICO. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for HEICO and 0 mentions for HEICO. HEICO's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat HEICO's score of 0.00 indicating that HEICO is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
59.0% of HEICO shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.1% of HEICO shares are held by institutional investors. 9.8% of HEICO shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.1% of HEICO shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
HEICO is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HEICO, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
HEICO has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HEICO has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
HEICO has a consensus target price of $226.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.25%. Given HEICO's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe HEICO is more favorable than HEICO.
HEICO received 282 more outperform votes than HEICO when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.41% of users gave HEICO an outperform vote while only 66.80% of users gave HEICO an outperform vote.
HEICO pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. HEICO pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. HEICO pays out 6.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HEICO pays out 6.3% 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.
Summary
HEICO beats HEICO on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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