Joby Aviation (JOBY) Competitors

Joby Aviation (NYSE:JOBY) and Elbit Systems (NASDAQ:ESLT) are both transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, risk and dividends.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in JOBY or ESLT?

52.8% of Joby Aviation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.9% of Elbit Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 32.4% of Joby Aviation shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Elbit Systems shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, JOBY or ESLT?

Elbit Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Joby Aviation. Joby Aviation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Elbit Systems, 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
Joby Aviation	$136K	39,246.03	-$513.05M	-$0.87	-7.79
Elbit Systems	$6.83B	2.57	$215.13M	$7.18	55.08

Which has more volatility & risk, JOBY or ESLT?

Joby Aviation has a beta of 2.35, meaning that its stock price is 135% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Elbit Systems has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor JOBY or ESLT?

Elbit Systems received 294 more outperform votes than Joby Aviation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.98% of users gave Elbit Systems an outperform vote while only 54.90% of users gave Joby Aviation an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Joby Aviation	Outperform Votes 28 54.90%	Underperform Votes 23 45.10%
Elbit Systems	Outperform Votes 322 65.98%	Underperform Votes 166 34.02%

Do analysts prefer JOBY or ESLT?

Joby Aviation currently has a consensus price target of $8.90, indicating a potential upside of 31.37%. Given Joby Aviation's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Joby Aviation is more favorable than Elbit Systems.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Joby Aviation	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Elbit Systems	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is JOBY or ESLT more profitable?

Elbit Systems has a net margin of 4.00% compared to Joby Aviation's net margin of -42,844.57%. Elbit Systems' return on equity of 11.34% beat Joby Aviation's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Joby Aviation	-42,844.57%	-51.76%	-42.62%
Elbit Systems	4.00%	11.34%	3.31%

Does the media favor JOBY or ESLT?

In the previous week, Elbit Systems had 13 more articles in the media than Joby Aviation. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Elbit Systems and 10 mentions for Joby Aviation. Elbit Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Joby Aviation's score of 0.31 indicating that Elbit Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Joby Aviation	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Elbit Systems	10 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Elbit Systems beats Joby Aviation on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.