HII vs. TDY, TXT, CW, KTOS, HXL, SPR, AVAV, AIR, TGI, and ATRO
Should you be buying Huntington Ingalls Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Huntington Ingalls Industries include Teledyne Technologies (TDY), Textron (TXT), Curtiss-Wright (CW), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS), Hexcel (HXL), Spirit AeroSystems (SPR), AeroVironment (AVAV), AAR (AIR), Triumph Group (TGI), and Astronics (ATRO). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.
Huntington Ingalls Industries vs.
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) and Teledyne Technologies (NYSE:TDY) are both aerospace companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.
Teledyne Technologies has a net margin of 14.45% compared to Huntington Ingalls Industries' net margin of 4.77%. Huntington Ingalls Industries' return on equity of 12.81% beat Teledyne Technologies' return on equity.
Huntington Ingalls Industries has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teledyne Technologies has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
90.5% of Huntington Ingalls Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Teledyne Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Huntington Ingalls Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Teledyne Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Huntington Ingalls Industries presently has a consensus price target of $221.22, indicating a potential upside of 7.29%. Teledyne Technologies has a consensus price target of $548.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.95%. Given Teledyne Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Teledyne Technologies is more favorable than Huntington Ingalls Industries.
Teledyne Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Huntington Ingalls Industries. Huntington Ingalls Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Teledyne Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Huntington Ingalls Industries received 88 more outperform votes than Teledyne Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.90% of users gave Teledyne Technologies an outperform vote while only 58.29% of users gave Huntington Ingalls Industries an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Teledyne Technologies had 6 more articles in the media than Huntington Ingalls Industries. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Teledyne Technologies and 24 mentions for Huntington Ingalls Industries. Huntington Ingalls Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Teledyne Technologies' score of 1.03 indicating that Huntington Ingalls Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Teledyne Technologies beats Huntington Ingalls Industries on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:HII) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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