AeroVironment (AVAV) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate AVAV or TXT?

AeroVironment presently has a consensus target price of $202.00, suggesting a potential upside of 41.46%. Textron has a consensus target price of $92.09, suggesting a potential upside of 39.60%. Given AeroVironment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AeroVironment is more favorable than Textron.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AeroVironment	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25
Textron	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.45

Is AVAV or TXT 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
AeroVironment	6.39%	8.12%	6.75%
Textron	6.01%	14.92%	6.30%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AVAV or TXT?

Textron received 177 more outperform votes than AeroVironment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.62% of users gave Textron an outperform vote while only 54.88% of users gave AeroVironment an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AeroVironment	Outperform Votes 439 54.88%	Underperform Votes 361 45.13%
Textron	Outperform Votes 616 67.62%	Underperform Votes 295 32.38%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in AVAV or TXT?

86.4% of AeroVironment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.0% of Textron shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of AeroVironment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Textron shares are owned 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 & risk, AVAV or TXT?

AeroVironment has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Textron has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, AVAV or TXT?

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
AeroVironment	$742.56M	5.43	$59.67M	$1.18	121.02
Textron	$13.70B	0.87	$824M	$4.31	15.31

Does the media favor AVAV or TXT?

In the previous week, Textron had 12 more articles in the media than AeroVironment. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Textron and 24 mentions for AeroVironment. AeroVironment's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Textron's score of 0.93 indicating that AeroVironment is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AeroVironment	12 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Textron	20 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

AeroVironment and Textron tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.