Astronics (ATRO) Competitors

Astronics (NASDAQ:ATRO) and Triumph Group (NYSE:TGI) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ATRO or TGI?

56.7% of Astronics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.5% of Triumph Group shares are held by institutional investors. 10.8% of Astronics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Triumph Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ATRO or TGI more profitable?

Triumph Group has a net margin of 45.08% compared to Astronics' net margin of -0.82%. Astronics' return on equity of 6.94% beat Triumph Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Astronics	-0.82%	6.94%	2.73%
Triumph Group	45.08%	-55.18%	3.57%

Do analysts prefer ATRO or TGI?

Astronics presently has a consensus price target of $23.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.99%. Triumph Group has a consensus price target of $20.63, suggesting a potential downside of 17.15%. Given Astronics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Astronics is more favorable than Triumph Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Astronics	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Triumph Group	1 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.90

Which has more volatility & risk, ATRO or TGI?

Astronics has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Triumph Group has a beta of 2.13, meaning that its stock price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ATRO or TGI?

Triumph Group received 208 more outperform votes than Astronics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.15% of users gave Astronics an outperform vote while only 59.67% of users gave Triumph Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Astronics	Outperform Votes 400 65.15%	Underperform Votes 214 34.85%
Triumph Group	Outperform Votes 608 59.67%	Underperform Votes 411 40.33%

Which has better earnings & valuation, ATRO or TGI?

Triumph Group has higher revenue and earnings than Astronics. Astronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Triumph Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Astronics	$795.43M	1.03	-$26.42M	-$0.47	-49.43
Triumph Group	$1.24B	1.55	$512.38M	$7.20	3.46

Does the media prefer ATRO or TGI?

In the previous week, Astronics and Astronics both had 9 articles in the media. Triumph Group's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Astronics' score of 1.09 indicating that Triumph Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Astronics	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Triumph Group	5 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Triumph Group beats Astronics on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.