HEI vs. LDOS, TDY, TXT, LHX, CW, HII, ESLT, FTAI, NOC, and TDG
Should you be buying HEICO stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HEICO include Leidos (LDOS), Teledyne Technologies (TDY), Textron (TXT), L3Harris Technologies (LHX), Curtiss-Wright (CW), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Elbit Systems (ESLT), FTAI Aviation (FTAI), Northrop Grumman (NOC), and TransDigm Group (TDG). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
HEICO (NYSE:HEI) and Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and earnings.
HEICO has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Leidos. Leidos 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 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Leidos has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
27.1% of HEICO shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.1% of Leidos shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.1% of HEICO shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Leidos shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Leidos had 10 more articles in the media than HEICO. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Leidos and 3 mentions for HEICO. Leidos' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat HEICO's score of 0.36 indicating that Leidos is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
HEICO pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Leidos pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. HEICO pays out 6.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Leidos pays out 65.5% 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.
HEICO has a net margin of 13.11% compared to Leidos' net margin of 2.04%. Leidos' return on equity of 25.66% beat HEICO's return on equity.
HEICO presently has a consensus target price of $206.00, indicating a potential downside of 4.43%. Leidos has a consensus target price of $145.67, indicating a potential downside of 2.02%. Given Leidos' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Leidos is more favorable than HEICO.
Leidos received 154 more outperform votes than HEICO when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.71% of users gave HEICO an outperform vote while only 63.98% of users gave Leidos an outperform vote.
Summary
Leidos beats HEICO on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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