AVAV vs. TXT, CW, HII, HXL, KTOS, SPR, AIR, TGI, NPK, and ATRO
Should you be buying AeroVironment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AeroVironment include Textron (TXT), Curtiss-Wright (CW), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Hexcel (HXL), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS), Spirit AeroSystems (SPR), AAR (AIR), Triumph Group (TGI), National Presto Industries (NPK), and Astronics (ATRO). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.
AeroVironment vs.
Textron (NYSE:TXT) and AeroVironment (NASDAQ:AVAV) are both aerospace companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
Textron has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AeroVironment has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Textron received 180 more outperform votes than AeroVironment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.73% of users gave Textron an outperform vote while only 54.65% of users gave AeroVironment an outperform vote.
Textron presently has a consensus price target of $93.45, indicating a potential upside of 29.50%. AeroVironment has a consensus price target of $225.20, indicating a potential upside of 43.89%. Given AeroVironment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe AeroVironment is more favorable than Textron.
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.
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.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of AeroVironment shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Textron had 14 more articles in the media than AeroVironment. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Textron and 14 mentions for AeroVironment. AeroVironment's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Textron's score of 0.40 indicating that AeroVironment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Textron and AeroVironment tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:AVAV) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
