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AAR (AIR) Competitors

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$67.49 +0.14 (+0.21%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

AIR vs. HII, AVAV, HXL, KTOS, SPR, TGI, ATRO, NPK, SYPR, and HON

Should you be buying AAR stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AAR include Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), AeroVironment (AVAV), Hexcel (HXL), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS), Spirit AeroSystems (SPR), Triumph Group (TGI), Astronics (ATRO), National Presto Industries (NPK), Sypris Solutions (SYPR), and Honeywell International (HON). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.

AAR vs.

AAR (NYSE:AIR) and Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) are both mid-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and community ranking.

Huntington Ingalls Industries received 145 more outperform votes than AAR when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.99% of users gave AAR an outperform vote while only 58.44% of users gave Huntington Ingalls Industries an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AAROutperform Votes
333
60.99%
Underperform Votes
213
39.01%
Huntington Ingalls IndustriesOutperform Votes
478
58.44%
Underperform Votes
340
41.56%

Huntington Ingalls Industries has a net margin of 5.99% compared to AAR's net margin of 2.67%. Huntington Ingalls Industries' return on equity of 16.89% beat AAR's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AAR2.67% 10.22% 5.06%
Huntington Ingalls Industries 5.99%16.89%6.26%

Huntington Ingalls Industries has higher revenue and earnings than AAR. Huntington Ingalls Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AAR, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
AAR$2.32B1.05$46.30M$1.8237.08
Huntington Ingalls Industries$11.45B0.65$681M$17.7110.74

In the previous week, Huntington Ingalls Industries had 5 more articles in the media than AAR. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Huntington Ingalls Industries and 9 mentions for AAR. AAR's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Huntington Ingalls Industries' score of 0.06 indicating that AAR is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
AAR
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Huntington Ingalls Industries
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

90.7% of AAR shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.5% of Huntington Ingalls Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of AAR shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Huntington Ingalls Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

AAR has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Huntington Ingalls Industries has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.

AAR presently has a consensus target price of $81.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.02%. Huntington Ingalls Industries has a consensus target price of $228.89, indicating a potential upside of 20.31%. Given Huntington Ingalls Industries' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Huntington Ingalls Industries is more favorable than AAR.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
AAR
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Huntington Ingalls Industries
2 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.90

Summary

AAR and Huntington Ingalls Industries tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AIR vs. The Competition

MetricAARAircraft & parts IndustryAerospace SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.42B$6.32B$17.92B$19.84B
Dividend YieldN/A0.10%1.24%3.50%
P/E Ratio37.0819.3029.1737.73
Price / Sales1.051.1314.2118.01
Price / Cash14.6823.3726.7417.90
Price / Book2.012.106.204.86
Net Income$46.30M$493.23M$458.63M$985.93M
7 Day Performance0.66%1.06%1.07%0.45%
1 Month Performance7.50%8.70%3.10%1.05%
1 Year Performance0.16%27.45%44.67%24.67%

AAR Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AIR
AAR
3.4272 of 5 stars
$67.49
+0.2%
$81.00
+20.0%
+1.0%$2.42B$2.32B37.085,700
HII
Huntington Ingalls Industries
4.808 of 5 stars
$190.25
-0.7%
$228.89
+20.3%
-20.6%$7.50B$11.45B10.7444,000
AVAV
AeroVironment
3.4014 of 5 stars
$198.34
+1.8%
$211.83
+6.8%
+54.6%$5.59B$753.86M93.121,428Analyst Upgrade
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
HXL
Hexcel
4.3557 of 5 stars
$58.60
-0.3%
$71.54
+22.1%
-12.5%$4.76B$1.79B44.735,590
KTOS
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
3.6546 of 5 stars
$25.22
+0.7%
$25.40
+0.7%
+31.5%$3.78B$1.04B252.233,900Analyst Downgrade
SPR
Spirit AeroSystems
1.9289 of 5 stars
$31.93
+0.3%
$35.67
+11.7%
+23.6%$3.72B$6.05B0.0020,655
TGI
Triumph Group
3.4778 of 5 stars
$19.18
+2.2%
$16.67
-13.1%
+77.0%$1.45B$1.19B2.824,530Analyst Forecast
ATRO
Astronics
2.681 of 5 stars
$17.18
+5.3%
$20.00
+16.4%
+10.8%$575.48M$782.18M-90.422,500Positive News
High Trading Volume
NPK
National Presto Industries
1.7824 of 5 stars
$75.55
+0.1%
N/A-2.2%$535.72M$340.91M15.911,007
SYPR
Sypris Solutions
0.3691 of 5 stars
$1.39
-0.7%
N/A-26.3%$32.23M$136.22M0.00680Analyst Forecast
HON
Honeywell International
4.3789 of 5 stars
$226.67
-0.7%
$241.45
+6.5%
+18.2%$148.39B$37.85B26.1795,000Analyst Revision
Positive News

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