SPR vs. TXT, CW, HII, KTOS, HXL, AVAV, AIR, TGI, ATRO, and NPK
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), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS), Hexcel (HXL), AeroVironment (AVAV), AAR (AIR), Triumph Group (TGI), Astronics (ATRO), and National Presto Industries (NPK). 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 better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.
In the previous week, Textron had 13 more articles in the media than Spirit AeroSystems. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Textron and 4 mentions for Spirit AeroSystems. Spirit AeroSystems' average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat Textron's score of 1.44 indicating that Spirit AeroSystems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Textron has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spirit AeroSystems has a beta of 1.77, indicating that its stock price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 1.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Spirit AeroSystems pays out -0.2% 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 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.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Spirit AeroSystems shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Spirit AeroSystems received 241 more outperform votes than Textron when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.66% of users gave Textron an outperform vote while only 62.62% of users gave Spirit AeroSystems an outperform vote.
Textron currently has a consensus target price of $93.45, indicating a potential upside of 25.91%. Spirit AeroSystems has a consensus target price of $36.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.40%. Given Textron's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Textron is more favorable than Spirit AeroSystems.
Textron has a net margin of 6.01% compared to Spirit AeroSystems' net margin of -22.39%. Textron's return on equity of 14.92% beat Spirit AeroSystems' return on equity.
Summary
Textron beats Spirit AeroSystems on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SPR) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
