AeroVironment (AVAV) Competitors

Textron (NYSE:TXT) and AeroVironment (NASDAQ:AVAV) are both aerospace companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TXT or AVAV?

Textron received 177 more outperform votes than AeroVironment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.66% of users gave Textron an outperform vote while only 54.82% of users gave AeroVironment an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Textron	Outperform Votes 615 67.66%	Underperform Votes 294 32.34%
AeroVironment	Outperform Votes 438 54.82%	Underperform Votes 361 45.18%

Is TXT or AVAV more profitable?

AeroVironment has a net margin of 6.39% compared to Textron's net margin of 6.01%. Textron's return on equity of 14.92% beat AeroVironment's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Textron	6.01%	14.92%	6.30%
AeroVironment	6.39%	8.12%	6.75%

Do analysts rate TXT or AVAV?

Textron currently has a consensus price target of $93.45, indicating a potential upside of 25.91%. AeroVironment has a consensus price target of $202.40, indicating a potential upside of 57.28%. Given AeroVironment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AeroVironment is more favorable than Textron.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Textron	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.45
AeroVironment	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer TXT or AVAV?

In the previous week, Textron had 5 more articles in the media than AeroVironment. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Textron and 12 mentions for AeroVironment. Textron's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat AeroVironment's score of 0.94 indicating that Textron is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Textron	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AeroVironment	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders believe in TXT or AVAV?

86.0% of Textron shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.4% of AeroVironment shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Textron shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of AeroVironment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, TXT or AVAV?

Textron has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AeroVironment has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, TXT or AVAV?

Textron has higher revenue and earnings than AeroVironment. Textron is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AeroVironment, 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
Textron	$13.70B	0.98	$824M	$4.31	17.22
AeroVironment	$742.56M	4.89	$59.67M	$1.18	109.06

Summary

Textron beats AeroVironment on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.