Curtiss-Wright (CW) Competitors

Curtiss-Wright (NYSE:CW) and HEICO (NYSE:HEI) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Do analysts rate CW or HEI?

Curtiss-Wright presently has a consensus target price of $386.86, suggesting a potential upside of 20.05%. HEICO has a consensus target price of $270.20, suggesting a potential upside of 2.06%. Given Curtiss-Wright's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Curtiss-Wright is more favorable than HEICO.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Curtiss-Wright	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
HEICO	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CW or HEI?

Curtiss-Wright received 82 more outperform votes than HEICO when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.98% of users gave HEICO an outperform vote while only 66.18% of users gave Curtiss-Wright an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Curtiss-Wright	Outperform Votes 587 66.18%	Underperform Votes 300 33.82%
HEICO	Outperform Votes 505 66.98%	Underperform Votes 249 33.02%

Which has more risk & volatility, CW or HEI?

Curtiss-Wright has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HEICO has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer CW or HEI?

In the previous week, HEICO had 2 more articles in the media than Curtiss-Wright. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for HEICO and 14 mentions for Curtiss-Wright. Curtiss-Wright's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat HEICO's score of 0.95 indicating that Curtiss-Wright is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Curtiss-Wright	9 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
HEICO	6 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CW or HEI more profitable?

HEICO has a net margin of 13.33% compared to Curtiss-Wright's net margin of 12.98%. Curtiss-Wright's return on equity of 17.11% beat HEICO's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Curtiss-Wright	12.98%	17.11%	8.70%
HEICO	13.33%	14.63%	6.92%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CW or HEI?

HEICO has higher revenue and earnings than Curtiss-Wright. Curtiss-Wright is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HEICO, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Curtiss-Wright	$3.12B	3.89	$404.98M	$10.55	30.54
HEICO	$3.99B	9.21	$514.11M	$4.04	65.53

Is CW or HEI a better dividend stock?

Curtiss-Wright pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. HEICO pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Curtiss-Wright pays out 8.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HEICO pays out 5.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. HEICO has increased its dividend for 17 consecutive years.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CW or HEI?

82.7% of Curtiss-Wright shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.1% of HEICO shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Curtiss-Wright shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.6% of HEICO shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

HEICO beats Curtiss-Wright on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.