ESLT vs. ERJ, SARO, LOAR, JOBY, ACHR, KRMN, EH, EVEX, DCO, and EVTL
Should you be buying Elbit Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Elbit Systems include Embraer (ERJ), StandardAero (SARO), Loar (LOAR), Joby Aviation (JOBY), Archer Aviation (ACHR), Karman (KRMN), EHang (EH), EVE (EVEX), Ducommun (DCO), and Vertical Aerospace (EVTL). These companies are all part of the "aircraft" industry.
Elbit Systems vs.
Elbit Systems (NASDAQ:ESLT) and Embraer (NYSE:ERJ) are both aerospace companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and profitability.
Embraer received 114 more outperform votes than Elbit Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.98% of users gave Elbit Systems an outperform vote while only 62.91% of users gave Embraer an outperform vote.
Elbit Systems has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Embraer has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Elbit Systems had 5 more articles in the media than Embraer. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Elbit Systems and 14 mentions for Embraer. Elbit Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Embraer's score of 0.67 indicating that Elbit Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Embraer has a consensus target price of $44.50, suggesting a potential downside of 11.06%. Given Embraer's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Embraer is more favorable than Elbit Systems.
Elbit Systems pays an annual dividend of $1.99 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Embraer pays an annual dividend of $0.1150 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Elbit Systems pays out 27.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Embraer pays out 6.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Elbit Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Embraer. Embraer is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Elbit Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
17.9% of Elbit Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.7% of Embraer shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Elbit Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Embraer shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Embraer has a net margin of 8.24% compared to Elbit Systems' net margin of 4.00%. Embraer's return on equity of 11.61% beat Elbit Systems' return on equity.
Summary
Embraer beats Elbit Systems on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ESLT) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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