NPK vs. AIR, TGI, ATRO, SYPR, HON, LMT, BA, GD, TDG, and NOC
Should you be buying National Presto Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of National Presto Industries include AAR (AIR), Triumph Group (TGI), Astronics (ATRO), Sypris Solutions (SYPR), Honeywell International (HON), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Boeing (BA), General Dynamics (GD), TransDigm Group (TDG), and Northrop Grumman (NOC). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.
National Presto Industries vs.
AAR (NYSE:AIR) and National Presto Industries (NYSE:NPK) are both aerospace companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.
National Presto Industries has a net margin of 9.63% compared to AAR's net margin of 2.67%. AAR's return on equity of 10.22% beat National Presto Industries' return on equity.
AAR pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. National Presto Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. AAR pays out 16.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. National Presto Industries pays out 21.1% 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.
AAR currently has a consensus price target of $81.00, suggesting a potential upside of 32.94%. Given AAR's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe AAR is more favorable than National Presto Industries.
In the previous week, AAR had 11 more articles in the media than National Presto Industries. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for AAR and 4 mentions for National Presto Industries. AAR's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat National Presto Industries' score of 0.63 indicating that AAR is being referred to more favorably in the media.
90.7% of AAR shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.6% of National Presto Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of AAR shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 28.0% of National Presto Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
AAR received 192 more outperform votes than National Presto Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.46% of users gave National Presto Industries an outperform vote while only 60.99% of users gave AAR an outperform vote.
AAR has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Presto Industries has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
AAR has higher revenue and earnings than National Presto Industries. National Presto Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AAR, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
AAR beats National Presto Industries on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:NPK) was last updated on 12/24/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
