SPR vs. EH, ESLT, KTOS, AIR, RKLB, UP, AVAV, MOG.B, EVEX, and KAMN
Should you be buying Spirit AeroSystems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Spirit AeroSystems include EHang (EH), Elbit Systems (ESLT), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS), AAR (AIR), Rocket Lab USA (RKLB), Wheels Up Experience (UP), AeroVironment (AVAV), Moog (MOG.B), EVE (EVEX), and Kaman (KAMN). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
Spirit AeroSystems (NYSE:SPR) and EHang (NASDAQ:EH) are both aerospace companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.
93.6% of Spirit AeroSystems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.0% of EHang shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Spirit AeroSystems shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 39.6% of EHang shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Spirit AeroSystems has a beta of 1.79, indicating that its share price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EHang has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
EHang has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Spirit AeroSystems. EHang is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Spirit AeroSystems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Spirit AeroSystems has a net margin of -15.32% compared to EHang's net margin of -257.09%. Spirit AeroSystems' return on equity of 0.00% beat EHang's return on equity.
Spirit AeroSystems received 825 more outperform votes than EHang when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.43% of users gave EHang an outperform vote while only 64.77% of users gave Spirit AeroSystems an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Spirit AeroSystems had 3 more articles in the media than EHang. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Spirit AeroSystems and 10 mentions for EHang. Spirit AeroSystems' average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat EHang's score of 0.34 indicating that Spirit AeroSystems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Spirit AeroSystems presently has a consensus price target of $32.83, suggesting a potential upside of 7.61%. EHang has a consensus price target of $29.00, suggesting a potential upside of 51.44%. Given EHang's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe EHang is more favorable than Spirit AeroSystems.
Summary
Spirit AeroSystems beats EHang on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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