ATRO vs. DCO, PKE, EH, LUNR, SPCE, ASLE, RDW, SPIR, TGI, and BAER
Should you be buying Astronics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Astronics include Ducommun (DCO), Park Aerospace (PKE), EHang (EH), Intuitive Machines (LUNR), Virgin Galactic (SPCE), AerSale (ASLE), Redwire (RDW), Spire Global (SPIR), Triumph Group (TGI), and Bridger Aerospace Group (BAER). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
Ducommun (NYSE:DCO) and Astronics (NASDAQ:ATRO) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, profitability and community ranking.
Ducommun received 233 more outperform votes than Astronics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.45% of users gave Ducommun an outperform vote while only 65.73% of users gave Astronics an outperform vote.
Ducommun has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Astronics has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Ducommun had 12 more articles in the media than Astronics. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Ducommun and 0 mentions for Astronics. Ducommun's average media sentiment score of 1.94 beat Astronics' score of 0.74 indicating that Astronics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ducommun has higher revenue and earnings than Astronics. Astronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ducommun, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ducommun currently has a consensus target price of $65.20, indicating a potential upside of 12.20%. Astronics has a consensus target price of $19.00, indicating a potential downside of 6.68%. Given Astronics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ducommun is more favorable than Astronics.
Ducommun has a net margin of 2.29% compared to Ducommun's net margin of -3.51%. Astronics' return on equity of 6.06% beat Ducommun's return on equity.
92.2% of Ducommun shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.7% of Astronics shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.8% of Ducommun shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.9% of Astronics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Ducommun beats Astronics on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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