TAT Technologies (TATT) Competitors

TAT Technologies (NASDAQ:TATT) and Ducommun (NYSE:DCO) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, community ranking, earnings, valuation and media sentiment.

Is TATT or DCO more profitable?

TAT Technologies has a net margin of 5.58% compared to Ducommun's net margin of 3.82%. TAT Technologies' return on equity of 8.23% beat Ducommun's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TAT Technologies	5.58%	8.23%	5.39%
Ducommun	3.82%	7.40%	4.27%

Which has more volatility and risk, TATT or DCO?

TAT Technologies has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ducommun has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend TATT or DCO?

TAT Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.91%. Ducommun has a consensus price target of $76.50, suggesting a potential upside of 12.01%. Given Ducommun's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ducommun is more favorable than TAT Technologies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TAT Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Ducommun	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TATT or DCO?

Ducommun received 534 more outperform votes than TAT Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.66% of users gave Ducommun an outperform vote while only 63.03% of users gave TAT Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TAT Technologies	Outperform Votes 104 63.03%	Underperform Votes 61 36.97%
Ducommun	Outperform Votes 638 67.66%	Underperform Votes 305 32.34%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in TATT or DCO?

15.1% of TAT Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.2% of Ducommun shares are held by institutional investors. 8.8% of TAT Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.8% of Ducommun shares are held 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.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, TATT or DCO?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
TAT Technologies	$113.79M	2.56	$4.67M	$0.74	39.01
Ducommun	$756.99M	1.33	$15.93M	$1.99	34.32

Does the media refer more to TATT or DCO?

In the previous week, Ducommun had 1 more articles in the media than TAT Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Ducommun and 4 mentions for TAT Technologies. TAT Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Ducommun's score of 0.17 indicating that TAT Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TAT Technologies	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ducommun	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Ducommun beats TAT Technologies on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.