Triumph Group (TGI) Competitors

Hexcel (NYSE:HXL) and Triumph Group (NYSE:TGI) are both aerospace companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

Do analysts recommend HXL or TGI?

Hexcel presently has a consensus target price of $71.33, suggesting a potential upside of 7.55%. Triumph Group has a consensus target price of $16.38, suggesting a potential downside of 14.07%. Given Hexcel's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hexcel is more favorable than Triumph Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hexcel	2 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.14
Triumph Group	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is HXL or TGI more profitable?

Triumph Group has a net margin of 43.70% compared to Hexcel's net margin of 5.73%. Hexcel's return on equity of 9.99% beat Triumph Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hexcel	5.73%	9.99%	5.69%
Triumph Group	43.70%	-8.68%	1.35%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of HXL or TGI?

95.5% of Hexcel shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.5% of Triumph Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Hexcel shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Triumph Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HXL or TGI?

Triumph Group received 48 more outperform votes than Hexcel when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.07% of users gave Hexcel an outperform vote while only 60.50% of users gave Triumph Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hexcel	Outperform Votes 560 64.07%	Underperform Votes 314 35.93%
Triumph Group	Outperform Votes 608 60.50%	Underperform Votes 397 39.50%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, HXL or TGI?

Triumph Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hexcel. Triumph Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hexcel, 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
Hexcel	$1.89B	2.85	$105.70M	$1.31	50.63
Triumph Group	$1.19B	1.24	$512.38M	$6.81	2.80

Does the media favor HXL or TGI?

In the previous week, Hexcel had 2 more articles in the media than Triumph Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Hexcel and 8 mentions for Triumph Group. Triumph Group's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Hexcel's score of 0.32 indicating that Triumph Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hexcel	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Triumph Group	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, HXL or TGI?

Hexcel has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Triumph Group has a beta of 2.53, meaning that its stock price is 153% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Hexcel beats Triumph Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.