EVTL vs. DCO, EVEX, EH, AIRO, TATT, HOVR, MOB, SIF, CVU, and DPRO
Should you be buying Vertical Aerospace stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vertical Aerospace include Ducommun (DCO), EVE (EVEX), EHang (EH), AIRO Group (AIRO), TAT Technologies (TATT), New Horizon Aircraft (HOVR), Mobilicom (MOB), SIFCO Industries (SIF), CPI Aerostructures (CVU), and Draganfly (DPRO). These companies are all part of the "aircraft" industry.
Vertical Aerospace vs. Its Competitors
Vertical Aerospace (NYSE:EVTL) and Ducommun (NYSE:DCO) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment and risk.
Vertical Aerospace presently has a consensus target price of $10.43, indicating a potential upside of 98.07%. Ducommun has a consensus target price of $97.50, indicating a potential upside of 4.73%. Given Vertical Aerospace's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Vertical Aerospace is more favorable than Ducommun.
Vertical Aerospace has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ducommun has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Vertical Aerospace had 13 more articles in the media than Ducommun. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Vertical Aerospace and 4 mentions for Ducommun. Ducommun's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Vertical Aerospace's score of 0.45 indicating that Ducommun is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ducommun has a net margin of 5.03% compared to Vertical Aerospace's net margin of 0.00%. Ducommun's return on equity of 7.61% beat Vertical Aerospace's return on equity.
81.2% of Vertical Aerospace shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.2% of Ducommun shares are held by institutional investors. 74.8% of Vertical Aerospace shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of Ducommun shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Ducommun has higher revenue and earnings than Vertical Aerospace. Vertical Aerospace is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ducommun, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Ducommun beats Vertical Aerospace on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:EVTL) was last updated on 9/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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