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Cubic (CUB) Competitors

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

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), GE Aerospace (GE), Boeing (BA), Honeywell International (HON), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Transdigm Group (TDG), Northrop Grumman (NOC), and General Dynamics (GD). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.

Cubic vs. Its Competitors

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

56.7% of Astronics shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Cubic shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.4% of Astronics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Astronics had 5 more articles in the media than Cubic. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Astronics and 6 mentions for Cubic. Astronics' average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Cubic's score of 0.00 indicating that Astronics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cubic
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Astronics
3 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Cubic has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Astronics' net margin of -0.45%. Astronics' return on equity of 22.89% beat Cubic's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CubicN/A N/A N/A
Astronics -0.45%22.89%9.16%

Cubic has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Astronics.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CubicN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Astronics$795.43M1.47-$16.22M-$0.12-275.50

Astronics has a consensus price target of $49.00, indicating a potential upside of 48.22%. Given Astronics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Astronics is more favorable than Cubic.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cubic
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Astronics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.50

Summary

Astronics beats Cubic on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CUB and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CUB vs. The Competition

MetricCubicHolding Offices Industry SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$322.65M$219.43M$2.07B$20.94B
Dividend YieldN/A3.23%13.66%3.57%
P/E RatioN/A1.9712.2828.09
Price / SalesN/A522.372,997,104.4155.36
Price / CashN/A115.7757.5323.95
Price / BookN/A8.383.095.24
Net IncomeN/A-$10.81M-$456.46M$994.11M

Cubic Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CUB
Cubic
N/A$10.48
-0.4%
N/AN/A$322.65MN/A0.006,100
ATRO
Astronics
3.7212 of 5 stars
$35.87
+4.7%
$49.00
+36.6%
+77.4%$1.21B$816.29M-298.892,500
NPK
National Presto Industries
1.7989 of 5 stars
$97.29
+2.0%
N/A+45.0%$681.57M$415.21M16.321,126Earnings Report
SYPR
Sypris Solutions
0.6795 of 5 stars
$1.92
+1.1%
N/A+31.3%$43.67M$140.18M-192.00680Earnings Report
GE
GE Aerospace
4.6372 of 5 stars
$276.13
+2.5%
$232.92
-15.6%
+60.7%$285.66B$38.70B38.5153,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
BA
Boeing
3.0447 of 5 stars
$222.24
+0.2%
$228.90
+3.0%
+38.6%$167.79B$66.52B-13.46172,000Positive News
Insider Trade
HON
Honeywell International
4.7601 of 5 stars
$220.79
+1.4%
$254.00
+15.0%
+10.4%$138.22B$39.99B25.12102,000Positive News
LMT
Lockheed Martin
4.6483 of 5 stars
$423.90
+0.7%
$506.65
+19.5%
-22.2%$98.29B$71.04B23.87121,000Trending News
Analyst Revision
TDG
Transdigm Group
4.5384 of 5 stars
$1,613.00
+1.8%
$1,606.47
-0.4%
+13.5%$89.02B$7.94B54.4616,600Positive News
NOC
Northrop Grumman
4.6322 of 5 stars
$590.50
+0.7%
$586.79
-0.6%
+15.7%$83.97B$40.50B21.7797,000Positive News
Analyst Revision
GD
General Dynamics
4.8207 of 5 stars
$312.62
+0.6%
$315.78
+1.0%
+7.6%$83.59B$47.72B20.98117,000Positive News
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision

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This page (NYSE:CUB) was last updated on 8/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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