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Woodward (WWD) Competitors

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$172.17 +1.32 (+0.77%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

WWD vs. MOG.A, BE, HOLI, THR, EAF, XYL, DOV, SNA, PNR, and IEX

Should you be buying Woodward stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Woodward include Moog (MOG.A), Bloom Energy (BE), Hollysys Automation Technologies (HOLI), Thermon Group (THR), GrafTech International (EAF), Xylem (XYL), Dover (DOV), Snap-on (SNA), Pentair (PNR), and IDEX (IEX).

Woodward vs.

Woodward (NASDAQ:WWD) and Moog (NYSE:MOG.A) are both aerospace companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

In the previous week, Woodward had 18 more articles in the media than Moog. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Woodward and 0 mentions for Moog. Woodward's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Moog's score of 0.00 indicating that Woodward is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Woodward Positive
Moog Neutral

81.2% of Woodward shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of Moog shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Woodward shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Moog shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Woodward has a net margin of 11.47% compared to Moog's net margin of 5.74%. Woodward's return on equity of 17.16% beat Moog's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Woodward11.47% 17.16% 8.92%
Moog 5.74%14.18%6.22%

Woodward currently has a consensus price target of $174.67, suggesting a potential upside of 1.45%. Moog has a consensus price target of $180.50, suggesting a potential downside of 16.81%. Given Woodward's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Woodward is more favorable than Moog.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Woodward
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.44
Moog
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Woodward received 123 more outperform votes than Moog when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.63% of users gave Woodward an outperform vote while only 56.03% of users gave Moog an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
WoodwardOutperform Votes
360
58.63%
Underperform Votes
254
41.37%
MoogOutperform Votes
237
56.03%
Underperform Votes
186
43.97%

Woodward pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Moog pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Woodward pays out 16.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Moog pays out 17.5% 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. Woodward is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Woodward has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Moog has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Woodward$2.91B3.52$232.37M$5.9828.79
Moog$3.61B1.92$207.22M$6.4133.85

Summary

Woodward beats Moog on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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WWD vs. The Competition

MetricWoodwardElectrical industrial apparatus IndustryAerospace SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$10.27B$1.90B$17.96B$8.81B
Dividend Yield0.59%0.59%1.24%4.06%
P/E Ratio28.7910.5535.6317.82
Price / Sales3.521,328.8414.0374.56
Price / Cash27.1415.7626.6232.53
Price / Book5.022.615.734.68
Net Income$232.37M-$187.87M$465.73M$226.08M
7 Day Performance-0.42%5.87%1.07%-1.04%
1 Month Performance4.05%4.92%3.10%1.04%
1 Year Performance30.98%-18.70%44.67%26.28%

Woodward Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WWD
Woodward
3.0287 of 5 stars
$172.17
+0.8%
$174.67
+1.5%
+32.0%$10.19B$2.91B28.798,800Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
MOG.A
Moog
1.5322 of 5 stars
$216.99
-0.6%
$180.50
-16.8%
+60.5%$6.94B$3.61B33.8513,500
BE
Bloom Energy
3.2559 of 5 stars
$24.79
+4.4%
$17.55
-29.2%
+92.7%$5.67B$1.33B-43.092,377Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
HOLI
Hollysys Automation Technologies
N/A$26.42
flat
N/A+17.2%$1.64B$792.05M21.835,042Analyst Forecast
THR
Thermon Group
4.025 of 5 stars
$30.84
+0.2%
$40.00
+29.7%
-3.0%$1.04B$494.63M24.091,416
EAF
GrafTech International
0.5982 of 5 stars
$2.08
-3.3%
$1.75
-15.9%
-16.8%$534.91M$620.50M-1.771,249
XYL
Xylem
4.8532 of 5 stars
$122.84
+0.5%
$149.64
+21.8%
+22.6%$29.70B$7.36B35.922,300Dividend Announcement
Positive News
DOV
Dover
4.7355 of 5 stars
$198.13
-0.3%
$208.40
+5.2%
+43.3%$27.26B$8.47B17.7225,000Short Interest ↓
SNA
Snap-on
4.2987 of 5 stars
$357.85
+0.9%
$345.40
-3.5%
+30.0%$18.63B$4.73B18.422,700
PNR
Pentair
4.4945 of 5 stars
$104.17
-0.6%
$105.13
+0.9%
+65.8%$17.31B$4.10B26.0410,500Analyst Revision
Positive News
IEX
IDEX
4.4496 of 5 stars
$223.11
-0.2%
$241.14
+8.1%
+14.0%$16.89B$3.27B34.548,800Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:WWD) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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