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Spirit AeroSystems (SPR) Competitors

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$33.26 +0.09 (+0.27%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:16 PM ET)

SPR vs. TXT, CW, HII, HXL, AVAV, KTOS, AIR, TGI, NPK, and ATRO

Should you be buying Spirit AeroSystems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Spirit AeroSystems include Textron (TXT), Curtiss-Wright (CW), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Hexcel (HXL), AeroVironment (AVAV), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS), AAR (AIR), Triumph Group (TGI), National Presto Industries (NPK), and Astronics (ATRO). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.

Spirit AeroSystems vs.

Textron (NYSE:TXT) and Spirit AeroSystems (NYSE:SPR) are both aerospace companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk and community ranking.

Textron has higher revenue and earnings than Spirit AeroSystems. Spirit AeroSystems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Textron, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Textron$13.98B1.02$921M$4.5516.89
Spirit AeroSystems$6.48B0.60-$616.10M-$12.42-2.68

Textron pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Spirit AeroSystems pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Textron pays out 1.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Spirit AeroSystems pays out -0.3% 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. Spirit AeroSystems is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Textron presently has a consensus target price of $101.56, suggesting a potential upside of 32.15%. Spirit AeroSystems has a consensus target price of $35.67, suggesting a potential upside of 7.24%. Given Textron's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Textron is more favorable than Spirit AeroSystems.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Textron
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.44
Spirit AeroSystems
0 Sell rating(s)
16 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.12

Textron has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spirit AeroSystems has a beta of 1.82, indicating that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Textron had 11 more articles in the media than Spirit AeroSystems. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Textron and 6 mentions for Spirit AeroSystems. Spirit AeroSystems' average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Textron's score of 0.31 indicating that Spirit AeroSystems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Textron
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Spirit AeroSystems
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

86.0% of Textron shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.6% of Spirit AeroSystems shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Textron shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Spirit AeroSystems shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Spirit AeroSystems received 246 more outperform votes than Textron when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.78% of users gave Textron an outperform vote while only 63.13% of users gave Spirit AeroSystems an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
TextronOutperform Votes
610
67.78%
Underperform Votes
290
32.22%
Spirit AeroSystemsOutperform Votes
856
63.13%
Underperform Votes
500
36.87%

Textron has a net margin of 6.30% compared to Spirit AeroSystems' net margin of -22.39%. Textron's return on equity of 16.02% beat Spirit AeroSystems' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Textron6.30% 16.02% 6.71%
Spirit AeroSystems -22.39%N/A -15.58%

Summary

Textron beats Spirit AeroSystems on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SPR vs. The Competition

MetricSpirit AeroSystemsAircraft parts & equipment IndustryAerospace SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.89B$8.10B$17.83B$19.18B
Dividend YieldN/A2.09%1.30%3.60%
P/E Ratio-2.6818.8036.9141.28
Price / Sales0.604.8919.3817.60
Price / CashN/A22.6530.2821.28
Price / Book-7.795.295.725.32
Net Income-$616.10M$119.77M$463.64M$989.88M
7 Day Performance0.88%0.86%3.24%-3.54%
1 Month Performance5.55%17.96%6.33%-3.68%
1 Year Performance3.69%10.73%38.63%12.14%

Spirit AeroSystems Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SPR
Spirit AeroSystems
1.9378 of 5 stars
$33.26
+0.3%
$35.67
+7.2%
+7.7%$3.89B$6.48B-2.6820,655Analyst Forecast
TXT
Textron
4.5342 of 5 stars
$81.56
+0.8%
$101.56
+24.5%
-3.1%$15.13B$13.68B17.7835,000Analyst Upgrade
CW
Curtiss-Wright
4.0994 of 5 stars
$381.19
+3.9%
$379.00
-0.6%
+62.9%$14.47B$3.08B34.718,600Analyst Revision
Positive News
HII
Huntington Ingalls Industries
4.4309 of 5 stars
$197.63
+2.9%
$228.89
+15.8%
-24.6%$7.73B$11.71B10.8544,000
HXL
Hexcel
4.2124 of 5 stars
$64.55
+1.3%
$70.83
+9.7%
-13.2%$5.23B$1.89B48.665,590Analyst Upgrade
AVAV
AeroVironment
3.3574 of 5 stars
$171.02
+9.3%
$225.20
+31.7%
+29.8%$4.82B$761.50M96.061,428
KTOS
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
3.3922 of 5 stars
$28.52
+6.3%
$26.40
-7.4%
+29.3%$4.31B$1.13B268.403,900Insider Trade
Positive News
Gap Down
AIR
AAR
4.1813 of 5 stars
$63.74
+0.8%
$81.00
+27.1%
-14.7%$2.29B$2.32B34.745,700News Coverage
TGI
Triumph Group
4.194 of 5 stars
$18.74
+1.7%
$16.67
-11.1%
+45.0%$1.45B$1.21B2.704,530Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
NPK
National Presto Industries
1.9253 of 5 stars
$93.17
+0.2%
N/A+17.5%$661.51M$351.95M19.571,007News Coverage
ATRO
Astronics
3.0996 of 5 stars
$16.80
+3.0%
$20.00
+19.0%
-4.0%$592.40M$782.18M-85.842,500

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This page (NYSE:SPR) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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