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ESLT vs. HEI.A, ERJ, SARO, JOBY, LOAR, KRMN, ACHR, EVEX, DCO, and EH

Should you be buying Elbit Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Elbit Systems include Heico (HEI.A), Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica (ERJ), StandardAero (SARO), Joby Aviation (JOBY), Loar (LOAR), Karman (KRMN), Archer Aviation (ACHR), EVE (EVEX), Ducommun (DCO), and EHang (EH). These companies are all part of the "aircraft" industry.

Elbit Systems vs. Its Competitors

Heico (NYSE:HEI.A) and Elbit Systems (NASDAQ:ESLT) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Heico has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Elbit Systems has a beta of 0.33, indicating that its stock price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Elbit Systems had 2 more articles in the media than Heico. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Elbit Systems and 0 mentions for Heico. Elbit Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Heico's score of 0.00 indicating that Elbit Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Heico Neutral
Elbit Systems Positive

Heico pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Elbit Systems pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Heico pays out 5.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Elbit Systems pays out 25.4% 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 increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Elbit Systems is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Heico has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Elbit Systems. Elbit Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Heico, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Heico$3.86B9.07$514.11M$4.2858.74
Elbit Systems$6.83B2.87$321.14M$7.8855.96

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Heico
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Elbit Systems
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Heico has a net margin of 14.54% compared to Elbit Systems' net margin of 4.95%. Heico's return on equity of 15.88% beat Elbit Systems' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Heico14.54% 15.88% 7.76%
Elbit Systems 4.95%13.49%3.92%

59.0% of Heico shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.9% of Elbit Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.8% of Heico shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Elbit Systems shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Heico beats Elbit Systems on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ESLT vs. The Competition

MetricElbit SystemsAEROSP/DEF EQ IndustryAerospace SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$19.60B$17.37B$27.01B$9.31B
Dividend Yield0.44%0.78%0.98%4.03%
P/E Ratio55.96126.2081.4319.73
Price / Sales2.876.846.71174.27
Price / Cash36.6746.3335.6457.96
Price / Book5.977.598.585.67
Net Income$321.14M$266.64M$369.21M$257.79M
7 Day Performance-3.23%2.85%2.89%0.52%
1 Month Performance-1.39%10.32%8.11%8.84%
1 Year Performance135.81%72.25%48.45%14.18%

Elbit Systems Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ESLT
Elbit Systems
1.8004 of 5 stars
$440.99
-1.3%
N/A+137.5%$19.60B$6.83B55.9619,712Positive News
HEI.A
Heico
N/A$253.94
+0.0%
N/A+39.9%$35.32B$3.86B59.336,500
ERJ
Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica
1.518 of 5 stars
$59.90
-1.8%
$50.40
-15.9%
+78.5%$11.21B$6.39B27.7323,898Positive News
SARO
StandardAero
1.583 of 5 stars
$30.79
-0.3%
$35.11
+14.0%
N/A$10.33B$5.24B0.007,700
JOBY
Joby Aviation
1.2502 of 5 stars
$10.64
+0.9%
$9.33
-12.3%
+100.2%$8.35B$140K0.002,029Trending News
Insider Trade
Options Volume
Gap Up
LOAR
Loar
2.2589 of 5 stars
$80.53
-1.8%
$97.00
+20.5%
+26.7%$7.67B$402.82M157.631,500Positive News
KRMN
Karman
N/A$45.38
+0.8%
$49.25
+8.5%
N/A$5.95B$345.25M0.001,113Positive News
Gap Up
ACHR
Archer Aviation
0.7507 of 5 stars
$10.01
-1.6%
$13.13
+31.1%
+123.7%$5.58BN/A0.001,148
EVEX
EVE
0.393 of 5 stars
$7.53
+2.4%
$6.67
-11.5%
+75.1%$2.19BN/A0.003
DCO
Ducommun
4.0605 of 5 stars
$84.88
0.0%
$92.00
+8.4%
+44.4%$1.26B$786.55M36.432,180News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
EH
EHang
2.4899 of 5 stars
$16.77
-1.7%
$25.28
+50.7%
+17.9%$1.23B$62.49M0.00330

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This page (NASDAQ:ESLT) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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