HEICO (HEI.A) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate HEI or HEI.A?

HEICO presently has a consensus price target of $270.20, indicating a potential upside of 19.61%. Given HEICO's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe HEICO is more favorable than HEICO.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HEICO	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64
HEICO	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more volatility and risk, HEI or HEI.A?

HEICO has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HEICO has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, HEI or HEI.A?

HEICO 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
HEICO	$3.86B	8.13	$514.11M	$3.66	61.72
HEICO	$3.86B	6.58	$514.11M	$3.66	49.97

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HEI or HEI.A?

HEICO received 294 more outperform votes than HEICO when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.20% of users gave HEICO an outperform vote while only 66.98% of users gave HEICO an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HEICO	Outperform Votes 505 66.98%	Underperform Votes 249 33.02%
HEICO	Outperform Votes 211 67.20%	Underperform Votes 103 32.80%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of HEI or HEI.A?

27.1% of HEICO shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.0% of HEICO shares are held by institutional investors. 9.6% of HEICO shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.8% of HEICO shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer HEI or HEI.A?

In the previous week, HEICO had 3 more articles in the media than HEICO. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for HEICO and 1 mentions for HEICO. HEICO's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat HEICO's score of 0.00 indicating that HEICO is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HEICO	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
HEICO	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is HEI or HEI.A a better dividend stock?

HEICO pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. HEICO pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. HEICO pays out 6.0% 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 raised its dividend for 17 consecutive years.

Is HEI or HEI.A more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HEICO	13.33%	14.63%	6.92%
HEICO	13.33%	14.63%	6.92%

Summary

HEICO beats HEICO on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.