KTOS vs. AJRD, CW, HII, HXL, AVAV, SPR, AIR, TGI, ATRO, and NPK
Should you be buying Kratos Defense & Security Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions include Aerojet Rocketdyne (AJRD), Curtiss-Wright (CW), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Hexcel (HXL), AeroVironment (AVAV), Spirit AeroSystems (SPR), AAR (AIR), Triumph Group (TGI), Astronics (ATRO), and National Presto Industries (NPK). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (NASDAQ:KTOS) and Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE:AJRD) are both mid-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends and risk.
Aerojet Rocketdyne has higher revenue and earnings than Kratos Defense & Security Solutions.
Aerojet Rocketdyne has a net margin of 3.23% compared to Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' net margin of -0.06%. Aerojet Rocketdyne's return on equity of 20.42% beat Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' return on equity.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aerojet Rocketdyne has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions received 381 more outperform votes than Aerojet Rocketdyne when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.25% of users gave Kratos Defense & Security Solutions an outperform vote while only 58.37% of users gave Aerojet Rocketdyne an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions had 22 more articles in the media than Aerojet Rocketdyne. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions and 0 mentions for Aerojet Rocketdyne. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Aerojet Rocketdyne's score of 1.03 indicating that Kratos Defense & Security Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions currently has a consensus price target of $23.38, suggesting a potential upside of 8.12%. Given Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kratos Defense & Security Solutions is more favorable than Aerojet Rocketdyne.
75.9% of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.6% of Aerojet Rocketdyne shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Aerojet Rocketdyne shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions beats Aerojet Rocketdyne on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding KTOS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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