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AeroVironment (AVAV) Competitors

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$198.34 +3.45 (+1.77%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

AVAV vs. TDY, TXT, CW, HII, HXL, KTOS, SPR, AIR, TGI, and ATRO

Should you be buying AeroVironment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AeroVironment include Teledyne Technologies (TDY), Textron (TXT), Curtiss-Wright (CW), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Hexcel (HXL), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS), Spirit AeroSystems (SPR), AAR (AIR), Triumph Group (TGI), and Astronics (ATRO). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.

AeroVironment vs.

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

AeroVironment currently has a consensus price target of $211.83, indicating a potential upside of 6.80%. Teledyne Technologies has a consensus price target of $517.50, indicating a potential upside of 10.00%. Given Teledyne Technologies' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Teledyne Technologies is more favorable than AeroVironment.

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

AeroVironment received 47 more outperform votes than Teledyne Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.72% of users gave Teledyne Technologies an outperform vote while only 54.59% of users gave AeroVironment an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AeroVironmentOutperform Votes
434
54.59%
Underperform Votes
361
45.41%
Teledyne TechnologiesOutperform Votes
387
66.72%
Underperform Votes
193
33.28%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
AeroVironment$753.86M7.42$59.67M$2.1393.12
Teledyne Technologies$5.64B3.89$885.70M$19.7823.78

AeroVironment has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teledyne Technologies has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Teledyne Technologies has a net margin of 16.88% compared to AeroVironment's net margin of 7.82%. Teledyne Technologies' return on equity of 10.02% beat AeroVironment's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AeroVironment7.82% 9.87% 8.08%
Teledyne Technologies 16.88%10.02%6.48%

86.4% of AeroVironment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Teledyne Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of AeroVironment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Teledyne Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, AeroVironment had 10 more articles in the media than Teledyne Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for AeroVironment and 20 mentions for Teledyne Technologies. AeroVironment's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Teledyne Technologies' score of 0.56 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)
6 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Teledyne Technologies
9 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AVAV vs. The Competition

MetricAeroVironmentAircraft IndustryAerospace SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$5.59B$8.24B$17.96B$8.81B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A1.24%4.06%
P/E Ratio93.1211.8835.6317.82
Price / Sales7.42536.3314.0374.56
Price / Cash47.4828.5126.6232.53
Price / Book6.784.285.734.68
Net Income$59.67M-$264.35M$465.73M$226.08M
7 Day Performance-2.89%-1.77%1.07%-1.04%
1 Month Performance-10.05%2.61%3.10%1.04%
1 Year Performance53.97%-8.55%44.67%26.28%

AeroVironment Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AVAV
AeroVironment
3.4014 of 5 stars
$198.34
+1.8%
$211.83
+6.8%
+54.6%$5.59B$753.86M93.121,428Analyst Upgrade
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
TDY
Teledyne Technologies
4.3724 of 5 stars
$470.45
+1.2%
$517.50
+10.0%
+20.3%$21.66B$5.64B23.7814,900Analyst Revision
TXT
Textron
4.0677 of 5 stars
$81.86
+0.7%
$101.56
+24.1%
+5.0%$15.08B$13.68B17.9935,000Analyst Revision
CW
Curtiss-Wright
3.368 of 5 stars
$361.24
-0.2%
$364.40
+0.9%
+70.6%$13.73B$2.85B34.188,600Analyst Downgrade
HII
Huntington Ingalls Industries
4.808 of 5 stars
$190.25
-0.7%
$228.89
+20.3%
-20.6%$7.50B$11.45B10.7444,000
HXL
Hexcel
4.3557 of 5 stars
$58.60
-0.3%
$71.54
+22.1%
-12.5%$4.76B$1.79B44.735,590
KTOS
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
3.6546 of 5 stars
$25.22
+0.7%
$25.40
+0.7%
+31.5%$3.78B$1.04B252.233,900Analyst Downgrade
SPR
Spirit AeroSystems
1.9289 of 5 stars
$31.93
+0.3%
$35.67
+11.7%
+23.6%$3.72B$6.05B0.0020,655
AIR
AAR
3.4272 of 5 stars
$67.49
+0.2%
$81.00
+20.0%
+1.0%$2.42B$2.32B37.085,700
TGI
Triumph Group
3.4778 of 5 stars
$19.18
+2.2%
$16.67
-13.1%
+77.0%$1.45B$1.19B2.824,530Analyst Forecast
ATRO
Astronics
2.681 of 5 stars
$17.18
+5.3%
$20.00
+16.4%
+10.8%$575.48M$782.18M-90.422,500Positive News
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:AVAV) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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