Herc (HRI) Competitors

FTAI Aviation (NYSE:FTAI) and Herc (NYSE:HRI) are both aerospace companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, FTAI or HRI?

FTAI Aviation has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Herc. FTAI Aviation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Herc, 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
FTAI Aviation	$1.73B	6.78	$212.02M	-$0.35	-327.74
Herc	$3.37B	1.22	$211M	$7.41	19.47

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of FTAI or HRI?

89.0% of FTAI Aviation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of Herc shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of FTAI Aviation shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Herc shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer FTAI or HRI?

In the previous week, Herc had 6 more articles in the media than FTAI Aviation. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Herc and 14 mentions for FTAI Aviation. Herc's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat FTAI Aviation's score of 0.56 indicating that Herc is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
FTAI Aviation	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Herc	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer FTAI or HRI?

FTAI Aviation currently has a consensus target price of $173.67, suggesting a potential upside of 51.40%. Herc has a consensus target price of $202.20, suggesting a potential upside of 40.14%. Given FTAI Aviation's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe FTAI Aviation is more favorable than Herc.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FTAI Aviation	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Herc	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Is FTAI or HRI a better dividend stock?

FTAI Aviation pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Herc pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. FTAI Aviation pays out -342.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Herc pays out 37.8% 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, FTAI or HRI?

FTAI Aviation has a beta of 2.06, indicating that its share price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Herc has a beta of 2.14, indicating that its share price is 114% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FTAI or HRI?

FTAI Aviation received 67 more outperform votes than Herc when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.04% of users gave FTAI Aviation an outperform vote while only 59.01% of users gave Herc an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
FTAI Aviation	Outperform Votes 342 64.04%	Underperform Votes 192 35.96%
Herc	Outperform Votes 275 59.01%	Underperform Votes 191 40.99%

Is FTAI or HRI more profitable?

Herc has a net margin of 5.91% compared to FTAI Aviation's net margin of 1.59%. FTAI Aviation's return on equity of 206.25% beat Herc's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FTAI Aviation	1.59%	206.25%	8.37%
Herc	5.91%	26.48%	4.76%

Summary

FTAI Aviation and Herc tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.