Ducommun (DCO) Competitors

EHang (NASDAQ:EH) and Ducommun (NYSE:DCO) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in EH or DCO?

Ducommun received 605 more outperform votes than EHang when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.33% of users gave EHang an outperform vote while only 67.66% of users gave Ducommun an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
EHang	Outperform Votes 33 73.33%	Underperform Votes 12 26.67%
Ducommun	Outperform Votes 638 67.66%	Underperform Votes 305 32.34%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, EH or DCO?

Ducommun has higher revenue and earnings than EHang. EHang is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ducommun, 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
EHang	$16.54M	96.88	-$42.49M	-$0.54	-46.72
Ducommun	$756.99M	1.20	$15.93M	$1.99	30.82

Which has more volatility and risk, EH or DCO?

EHang has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ducommun has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor EH or DCO?

In the previous week, Ducommun had 2 more articles in the media than EHang. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Ducommun and 3 mentions for EHang. Ducommun's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat EHang's score of 0.98 indicating that Ducommun is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
EHang	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ducommun	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of EH or DCO?

94.0% of EHang shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.2% of Ducommun shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.6% of EHang shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.8% of Ducommun shares are owned 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.

Is EH or DCO more profitable?

Ducommun has a net margin of 3.82% compared to EHang's net margin of -73.03%. Ducommun's return on equity of 7.40% beat EHang's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
EHang	-73.03%	-56.12%	-26.16%
Ducommun	3.82%	7.40%	4.27%

Do analysts recommend EH or DCO?

EHang presently has a consensus target price of $24.75, indicating a potential downside of 1.90%. Ducommun has a consensus target price of $78.00, indicating a potential upside of 27.16%. Given Ducommun's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ducommun is more favorable than EHang.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
EHang	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Ducommun	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Ducommun beats EHang on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.