HEICO (HEI) Competitors

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

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, HEI or LMT?

Lockheed Martin has higher revenue and earnings than HEICO. Lockheed Martin 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	8.00	$514.11M	$3.66	60.70
Lockheed Martin	$71.04B	1.43	$5.34B	$22.26	19.44

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HEI or LMT?

Lockheed Martin received 286 more outperform votes than HEICO when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.98% of users gave HEICO an outperform vote while only 59.07% of users gave Lockheed Martin an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HEICO	Outperform Votes 505 66.98%	Underperform Votes 249 33.02%
Lockheed Martin	Outperform Votes 791 59.07%	Underperform Votes 548 40.93%

Which has more volatility and risk, HEI or LMT?

HEICO has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lockheed Martin has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to HEI or LMT?

In the previous week, Lockheed Martin had 68 more articles in the media than HEICO. MarketBeat recorded 73 mentions for Lockheed Martin and 5 mentions for HEICO. Lockheed Martin's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat HEICO's score of 0.87 indicating that Lockheed Martin is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HEICO	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Lockheed Martin	53 Very Positive mention(s)	9 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is HEI or LMT a better dividend stock?

HEICO pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Lockheed Martin pays an annual dividend of $13.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. HEICO pays out 6.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lockheed Martin pays out 59.3% 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 and Lockheed Martin has increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years. Lockheed Martin is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts prefer HEI or LMT?

HEICO currently has a consensus price target of $270.20, suggesting a potential upside of 21.62%. Lockheed Martin has a consensus price target of $555.60, suggesting a potential upside of 28.41%. Given Lockheed Martin's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lockheed Martin 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
Lockheed Martin	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Is HEI or LMT more profitable?

HEICO has a net margin of 13.33% compared to Lockheed Martin's net margin of 7.51%. Lockheed Martin's return on equity of 101.47% beat HEICO's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HEICO	13.33%	14.63%	6.92%
Lockheed Martin	7.51%	101.47%	12.09%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of HEI or LMT?

27.1% of HEICO shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.2% of Lockheed Martin shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.6% of HEICO shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Lockheed Martin shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Lockheed Martin beats HEICO on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.