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Cubic (CUB) Competitors

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CUB vs. ATRO, NPK, SYPR, HON, BA, LMT, TDG, NOC, GD, and HEI

Should you be buying Cubic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cubic include Astronics (ATRO), National Presto Industries (NPK), Sypris Solutions (SYPR), Honeywell International (HON), Boeing (BA), Lockheed Martin (LMT), TransDigm Group (TDG), Northrop Grumman (NOC), General Dynamics (GD), and HEICO (HEI). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.

Cubic vs.

Astronics (NASDAQ:ATRO) and Cubic (NYSE:CUB) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.

Cubic has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Astronics' net margin of -0.82%. Astronics' return on equity of 6.94% beat Cubic's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Astronics-0.82% 6.94% 2.73%
Cubic N/A N/A N/A

56.7% of Astronics shares are held by institutional investors. 10.9% of Astronics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Cubic shares are held 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.

In the previous week, Astronics had 2 more articles in the media than Cubic. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Astronics and 6 mentions for Cubic. Astronics' average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Cubic's score of 0.00 indicating that Astronics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Astronics
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Cubic
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Cubic received 22 more outperform votes than Astronics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.15% of users gave Astronics an outperform vote while only 57.41% of users gave Cubic an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AstronicsOutperform Votes
400
65.15%
Underperform Votes
214
34.85%
CubicOutperform Votes
422
57.41%
Underperform Votes
313
42.59%

Astronics currently has a consensus target price of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.31%. Given Astronics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Astronics is more favorable than Cubic.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Astronics
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Cubic
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Cubic has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Astronics.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Astronics$795.43M1.00-$26.42M-$0.47-47.83
CubicN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Summary

Astronics beats Cubic on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CUB vs. The Competition

MetricCubicHolding Offices Industry SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$312.19M$443.27M$2.35B$18.30B
Dividend YieldN/A7.99%13.18%4.13%
P/E RatioN/A2.3511.0430.71
Price / SalesN/A47.832,973,075.9425.88
Price / CashN/A69.0154.8817.55
Price / BookN/A3.323.084.25
Net IncomeN/A$35.22M-$300.27M$1.02B

Cubic Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CUB
Cubic
N/A$10.27
+1.5%
N/AN/A$312.19MN/A0.006,100
ATRO
Astronics
1.9553 of 5 stars
$21.69
-2.8%
$23.00
+6.0%
+32.2%$764.99M$795.43M-114.152,100News Coverage
Positive News
NPK
National Presto Industries
N/A$82.12
-0.4%
N/A+5.6%$586.58M$388.23M17.29900Gap Down
SYPR
Sypris Solutions
1.4783 of 5 stars
$1.63
flat
N/A-6.0%$37.52M$140.18M-12.54680Analyst Forecast
Positive News
HON
Honeywell International
4.515 of 5 stars
$187.46
-1.8%
$249.08
+32.9%
+0.9%$121.83B$38.50B21.5297,000Analyst Forecast
Positive News
High Trading Volume
BA
Boeing
3.5777 of 5 stars
$138.83
+1.6%
$196.10
+41.3%
-9.5%$104.13B$66.52B-7.58156,000Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
LMT
Lockheed Martin
4.6933 of 5 stars
$430.41
-0.4%
$539.53
+25.4%
+5.0%$101.37B$71.04B19.34121,000Analyst Forecast
Positive News
TDG
TransDigm Group
3.8579 of 5 stars
$1,249.23
+0.9%
$1,480.12
+18.5%
+6.1%$70.06B$8.16B44.0614,400Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
NOC
Northrop Grumman
4.2966 of 5 stars
$481.65
-0.8%
$545.06
+13.2%
+16.7%$69.72B$41.03B17.0095,000Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
High Trading Volume
GD
General Dynamics
4.5996 of 5 stars
$247.62
-1.0%
$298.59
+20.6%
-3.8%$66.46B$47.72B18.15106,500Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Positive News
HEI
HEICO
1.2855 of 5 stars
$235.81
-2.4%
$271.40
+15.1%
+29.0%$32.77B$3.99B64.436,500Positive News
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This page (NYSE:CUB) was last updated on 4/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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