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$70.25 -0.36 (-0.51%)
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AIR vs. HII, HXL, KTOS, AVAV, SPR, TGI, NPK, ATRO, SYPR, and HON

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

AAR vs.

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

In the previous week, AAR had 19 more articles in the media than Huntington Ingalls Industries. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for AAR and 13 mentions for Huntington Ingalls Industries. AAR's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Huntington Ingalls Industries' score of 0.41 indicating that AAR is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Huntington Ingalls Industries
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
AAR
9 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

90.5% of Huntington Ingalls Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.7% of AAR shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Huntington Ingalls Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of AAR shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Huntington Ingalls Industries received 143 more outperform votes than AAR when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.91% of users gave AAR an outperform vote while only 58.44% of users gave Huntington Ingalls Industries an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Huntington Ingalls IndustriesOutperform Votes
478
58.44%
Underperform Votes
340
41.56%
AAROutperform Votes
335
60.91%
Underperform Votes
215
39.09%

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
Huntington Ingalls Industries$11.71B0.68$681M$17.7111.44
AAR$2.32B1.09$46.30M$0.28250.91

Huntington Ingalls Industries has a net margin of 5.99% compared to AAR's net margin of 0.41%. Huntington Ingalls Industries' return on equity of 16.89% beat AAR's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Huntington Ingalls Industries5.99% 16.89% 6.26%
AAR 0.41%10.46%4.77%

Huntington Ingalls Industries has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AAR has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Huntington Ingalls Industries presently has a consensus price target of $228.89, indicating a potential upside of 12.99%. AAR has a consensus price target of $81.50, indicating a potential upside of 16.01%. Given AAR's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe AAR is more favorable than Huntington Ingalls Industries.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Huntington Ingalls Industries
2 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.90
AAR
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.20

Summary

AAR beats Huntington Ingalls Industries on 12 of the 19 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$2.52B$5.99B$18.36B$19.63B
Dividend YieldN/A0.11%1.31%3.71%
P/E Ratio250.9190.3737.3936.29
Price / Sales1.091.137.2317.19
Price / Cash15.0322.9129.3719.84
Price / Book2.142.185.685.76
Net Income$46.30M$493.23M$472.45M$993.25M
7 Day Performance0.89%2.27%3.81%3.12%
1 Month Performance15.98%8.73%5.27%4.75%
1 Year Performance19.45%14.30%48.42%18.83%

AAR Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AIR
AAR
3.1971 of 5 stars
$70.25
-0.5%
$81.50
+16.0%
+19.5%$2.52B$2.32B250.915,700Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
HII
Huntington Ingalls Industries
4.6469 of 5 stars
$195.02
+2.6%
$228.89
+17.4%
-20.9%$7.63B$11.71B11.0144,000
HXL
Hexcel
3.7872 of 5 stars
$65.81
+2.2%
$71.33
+8.4%
-6.9%$5.33B$1.89B50.245,590Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
KTOS
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
3.2565 of 5 stars
$30.78
+4.8%
$27.30
-11.3%
+83.2%$4.65B$1.13B307.833,900Short Interest ↑
Positive News
AVAV
AeroVironment
3.5945 of 5 stars
$159.85
-3.1%
$225.20
+40.9%
+37.2%$4.51B$761.50M91.871,428Short Interest ↑
SPR
Spirit AeroSystems
1.4097 of 5 stars
$34.09
-0.4%
$35.67
+4.6%
+24.1%$3.99B$6.48B-2.7420,655Analyst Forecast
TGI
Triumph Group
3.431 of 5 stars
$18.17
-1.0%
$16.67
-8.3%
+22.9%$1.41B$1.21B2.676,040Positive News
NPK
National Presto Industries
1.4386 of 5 stars
$95.89
+0.7%
N/A+16.7%$680.82M$351.95M20.19900
ATRO
Astronics
1.5771 of 5 stars
$16.19
+0.9%
$20.00
+23.5%
+0.2%$570.89M$782.18M-85.212,100
SYPR
Sypris Solutions
N/A$1.90
-12.0%
N/A-10.6%$43.74M$141.47M-14.62680
HON
Honeywell International
4.7166 of 5 stars
$219.35
+0.5%
$248.07
+13.1%
+10.9%$142.63B$37.85B25.3397,000Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News

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