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Cubic (CUB) Competitors

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

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

Cubic vs. Its Competitors

Cubic (NYSE:CUB) and National Presto Industries (NYSE:NPK) are both small-cap aerospace & defense companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

National Presto Industries has a net margin of 9.23% compared to Cubic's net margin of 0.00%. National Presto Industries' return on equity of 11.42% beat Cubic's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CubicN/A N/A N/A
National Presto Industries 9.23%11.42%9.19%

58.6% of National Presto Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Cubic shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.0% of National Presto Industries 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.

National Presto Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Cubic.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CubicN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
National Presto Industries$388.23M2.02$41.46M$5.8318.84

In the previous week, Cubic had 6 more articles in the media than National Presto Industries. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Cubic and 0 mentions for National Presto Industries. National Presto Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Cubic's score of 0.00 indicating that National Presto Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Cubic Neutral
National Presto Industries Neutral

Summary

National Presto Industries beats Cubic on 7 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CUB vs. The Competition

MetricCubicHolding Offices Industry SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$322.04M$216.27M$2.38B$21.39B
Dividend YieldN/A3.17%13.82%3.50%
P/E RatioN/A0.1725.8829.41
Price / SalesN/A468.4715,291.6483.26
Price / CashN/A123.7060.0124.61
Price / BookN/A7.543.164.54
Net IncomeN/A-$11.59M-$445.27M$999.91M

Cubic Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CUB
Cubic
N/A$10.53
+0.2%
N/A+5.2%$322.04MN/A0.006,100
NPK
National Presto Industries
1.2114 of 5 stars
$109.58
+0.2%
N/A+47.3%$782.08M$450.60M18.801,126Positive News
SYPR
Sypris Solutions
0.1617 of 5 stars
$2.06
-1.0%
N/A+34.0%$47.90M$140.18M-20.60680Gap Down
GE
GE Aerospace
4.6141 of 5 stars
$275.80
-1.2%
$232.92
-15.5%
+67.1%$296.11B$38.70B38.4753,000Positive News
BA
Boeing
3.1829 of 5 stars
$230.89
+0.6%
$230.77
-0.1%
+40.9%$173.62B$66.52B-13.99172,000Trending News
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HON
Honeywell International
4.8307 of 5 stars
$214.75
+0.2%
$254.00
+18.3%
+6.5%$136.03B$38.50B24.43102,000News Coverage
Positive News
LMT
Lockheed Martin
4.4821 of 5 stars
$458.81
-1.1%
$494.00
+7.7%
-20.7%$108.30B$71.04B25.83121,000Analyst Revision
GD
General Dynamics
4.2668 of 5 stars
$322.79
0.0%
$315.78
-2.2%
+6.6%$86.85B$47.72B21.66117,000Positive News
NOC
Northrop Grumman
4.2753 of 5 stars
$581.51
+0.1%
$588.85
+1.3%
+9.0%$83.16B$40.50B21.4397,000News Coverage
Positive News
TDG
Transdigm Group
4.6741 of 5 stars
$1,292.99
+1.7%
$1,607.57
+24.3%
+0.7%$71.62B$7.94B42.9116,600News Coverage
Positive News
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HEI
Heico
3.8093 of 5 stars
$317.29
-1.3%
$346.09
+9.1%
+23.6%$44.77B$3.86B69.4310,000

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This page (NYSE:CUB) was last updated on 9/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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