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$361.18 +1.82 (+0.51%)
(As of 12:14 PM ET)

CW vs. HEI, TDY, TXT, HII, HXL, AVAV, KTOS, SPR, AIR, and TGI

Should you be buying Curtiss-Wright stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Curtiss-Wright include HEICO (HEI), Teledyne Technologies (TDY), Textron (TXT), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Hexcel (HXL), AeroVironment (AVAV), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS), Spirit AeroSystems (SPR), AAR (AIR), and Triumph Group (TGI). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.

Curtiss-Wright vs.

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

Curtiss-Wright has a net margin of 13.20% compared to HEICO's net margin of 12.64%. Curtiss-Wright's return on equity of 17.21% beat HEICO's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Curtiss-Wright13.20% 17.21% 8.81%
HEICO 12.64%14.51%6.70%

Curtiss-Wright received 81 more outperform votes than HEICO when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.07% of users gave HEICO an outperform vote while only 66.21% of users gave Curtiss-Wright an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Curtiss-WrightOutperform Votes
586
66.21%
Underperform Votes
299
33.79%
HEICOOutperform Votes
505
67.07%
Underperform Votes
248
32.93%

82.7% of Curtiss-Wright shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.1% of HEICO shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Curtiss-Wright shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.1% of HEICO shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Curtiss-Wright currently has a consensus price target of $379.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.13%. HEICO has a consensus price target of $270.20, indicating a potential upside of 13.71%. Given HEICO's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe HEICO is more favorable than Curtiss-Wright.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Curtiss-Wright
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
HEICO
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70

In the previous week, Curtiss-Wright and Curtiss-Wright both had 3 articles in the media. Curtiss-Wright's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat HEICO's score of 0.35 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
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
HEICO
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Curtiss-Wright has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HEICO has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Curtiss-Wright$3.08B4.36$354.51M$10.5733.47
HEICO$3.86B8.54$403.60M$3.6664.92

Curtiss-Wright pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. HEICO pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Curtiss-Wright pays out 7.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HEICO pays out 6.0% 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.

Summary

HEICO beats Curtiss-Wright on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CW vs. The Competition

MetricCurtiss-Wrightindustrial & commercial machinery & equipment IndustryAerospace SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$13.43B$21.70B$17.75B$19.05B
Dividend Yield0.24%0.51%1.30%3.63%
P/E Ratio33.4720.7236.2540.02
Price / Sales4.3611.6728.1718.69
Price / Cash29.7626.3230.1721.25
Price / Book5.813.405.635.23
Net Income$354.51M$546.32M$463.64M$989.46M
7 Day Performance-0.48%14.09%3.41%0.04%
1 Month Performance-5.31%7.11%1.87%-5.70%
1 Year Performance58.80%2.34%42.07%10.90%

Curtiss-Wright Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CW
Curtiss-Wright
4.2824 of 5 stars
$361.18
+0.5%
$379.00
+4.9%
+61.3%$13.71B$3.08B34.178,600Short Interest ↓
Positive News
HEI
HEICO
3.1811 of 5 stars
$237.29
-0.7%
$270.20
+13.9%
+34.7%$32.89B$3.86B69.599,600
TDY
Teledyne Technologies
4.2334 of 5 stars
$468.25
+0.2%
$531.00
+13.4%
+5.6%$21.82B$5.59B23.6714,900
TXT
Textron
4.7396 of 5 stars
$76.15
-0.9%
$100.90
+32.5%
-4.0%$14.13B$13.98B16.7435,000Short Interest ↑
HII
Huntington Ingalls Industries
4.5731 of 5 stars
$189.91
-0.3%
$228.89
+20.5%
-26.7%$7.43B$11.71B10.7244,000Short Interest ↑
HXL
Hexcel
4.3309 of 5 stars
$62.17
-0.6%
$71.33
+14.7%
-14.5%$5.04B$1.89B47.465,590
AVAV
AeroVironment
3.8234 of 5 stars
$159.74
-2.6%
$225.20
+41.0%
+25.1%$4.51B$761.50M91.801,428Short Interest ↑
Positive News
KTOS
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
1.9078 of 5 stars
$25.89
+0.1%
$26.40
+2.0%
+30.7%$3.91B$1.13B258.933,900Positive News
SPR
Spirit AeroSystems
1.8134 of 5 stars
$33.29
+0.1%
$35.67
+7.1%
+6.9%$3.89B$6.48B-2.6820,655
AIR
AAR
4.283 of 5 stars
$60.09
-0.8%
$81.00
+34.8%
-3.1%$2.16B$2.43B33.025,700Short Interest ↑
TGI
Triumph Group
3.6976 of 5 stars
$18.33
+3.1%
$16.67
-9.1%
+13.1%$1.42B$1.21B2.694,530Positive News

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This page (NYSE:CW) was last updated on 12/30/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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