Joby Aviation (JOBY) Competitors

Embraer (NYSE:ERJ) and Joby Aviation (NYSE:JOBY) are both mid-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ERJ or JOBY?

34.7% of Embraer shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.5% of Joby Aviation shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Embraer shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.4% of Joby Aviation shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ERJ or JOBY more profitable?

Embraer has a net margin of 8.24% compared to Joby Aviation's net margin of -42,844.57%. Embraer's return on equity of 11.61% beat Joby Aviation's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Embraer	8.24%	11.61%	3.32%
Joby Aviation	-42,844.57%	-51.76%	-42.62%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, ERJ or JOBY?

Embraer has higher revenue and earnings than Joby Aviation. Joby Aviation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Embraer, 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
Embraer	$6.06B	1.14	$164M	$2.72	13.79
Joby Aviation	$1.11M	4,265.37	-$513.05M	-$0.70	-8.86

Which has more risk and volatility, ERJ or JOBY?

Embraer has a beta of 1.7, indicating that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Joby Aviation has a beta of 1.97, indicating that its share price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to ERJ or JOBY?

In the previous week, Joby Aviation had 13 more articles in the media than Embraer. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Joby Aviation and 7 mentions for Embraer. Joby Aviation's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Embraer's score of 0.25 indicating that Joby Aviation is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Embraer	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Joby Aviation	6 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ERJ or JOBY?

Embraer received 407 more outperform votes than Joby Aviation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.00% of users gave Embraer an outperform vote while only 51.16% of users gave Joby Aviation an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Embraer	Outperform Votes 429 63.00%	Underperform Votes 252 37.00%
Joby Aviation	Outperform Votes 22 51.16%	Underperform Votes 21 48.84%

Do analysts prefer ERJ or JOBY?

Embraer presently has a consensus price target of $35.29, suggesting a potential downside of 5.93%. Joby Aviation has a consensus price target of $8.35, suggesting a potential upside of 34.57%. Given Joby Aviation's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Joby Aviation is more favorable than Embraer.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Embraer	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57
Joby Aviation	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Summary

Embraer beats Joby Aviation on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.