CAE vs. HXL, DRS, MOG.B, FTAI, AVAV, ESLT, SPR, HII, KTOS, and CW
Should you be buying CAE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CAE include Hexcel (HXL), Leonardo DRS (DRS), Moog (MOG.B), FTAI Aviation (FTAI), AeroVironment (AVAV), Elbit Systems (ESLT), Spirit AeroSystems (SPR), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS), and Curtiss-Wright (CW). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
Hexcel (NYSE:HXL) and CAE (NYSE:CAE) are both mid-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Hexcel currently has a consensus target price of $77.57, indicating a potential upside of 7.78%. CAE has a consensus target price of $34.75, indicating a potential upside of 71.10%. Given Hexcel's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe CAE is more favorable than Hexcel.
CAE has higher revenue and earnings than Hexcel. CAE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hexcel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
95.5% of Hexcel shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.4% of CAE shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Hexcel shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.3% of CAE shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
CAE has a net margin of 6.20% compared to CAE's net margin of 5.52%. CAE's return on equity of 8.97% beat Hexcel's return on equity.
In the previous week, Hexcel had 1 more articles in the media than CAE. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Hexcel and 14 mentions for CAE. CAE's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Hexcel's score of 0.07 indicating that Hexcel is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hexcel has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CAE has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CAE received 12 more outperform votes than Hexcel when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.71% of users gave Hexcel an outperform vote while only 62.88% of users gave CAE an outperform vote.
Summary
Hexcel beats CAE on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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