ESLT vs. SPR, FTAI, HII, CW, CAE, HXL, DRS, MOG.B, AVAV, and KTOS Should you be buying Elbit Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Elbit Systems include Spirit AeroSystems (SPR), FTAI Aviation (FTAI), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Curtiss-Wright (CW), CAE (CAE), Hexcel (HXL), Leonardo DRS (DRS), Moog (MOG.B), AeroVironment (AVAV), and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
Elbit Systems (NASDAQ:ESLT ) and Spirit AeroSystems (NYSE:SPR ) are both mid-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends and community ranking.
Spirit AeroSystems received 542 more outperform votes than Elbit Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.34% of users gave Elbit Systems an outperform vote while only 64.77% of users gave Spirit AeroSystems an outperform vote.
Elbit Systems has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spirit AeroSystems has a beta of 1.79, indicating that its share price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Elbit Systems has a net margin of 3.60% compared to Spirit AeroSystems' net margin of -15.32%. Elbit Systems' return on equity of 10.16% beat Spirit AeroSystems' return on equity.
Spirit AeroSystems has a consensus target price of $32.83, suggesting a potential upside of 7.61%. Given Spirit AeroSystems' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Spirit AeroSystems is more favorable than Elbit Systems.
Elbit Systems has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Spirit AeroSystems. Spirit AeroSystems 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 held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.6% of Spirit AeroSystems shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Elbit Systems shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Spirit AeroSystems shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Spirit AeroSystems had 9 more articles in the media than Elbit Systems. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Spirit AeroSystems and 4 mentions for Elbit Systems. Elbit Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Spirit AeroSystems' score of 0.39 indicating that Elbit Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary Elbit Systems beats Spirit AeroSystems on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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