KTOS vs. AJRD, CW, HII, AVAV, HXL, SPR, AIR, TGI, ATRO, and NPK
Should you be buying Kratos Defense & Security Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions include Aerojet Rocketdyne (AJRD), Curtiss-Wright (CW), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), AeroVironment (AVAV), Hexcel (HXL), Spirit AeroSystems (SPR), AAR (AIR), Triumph Group (TGI), Astronics (ATRO), and National Presto Industries (NPK). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.
Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE:AJRD) and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (NASDAQ:KTOS) are both mid-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has a consensus price target of $23.50, indicating a potential upside of 15.31%. Given Aerojet Rocketdyne's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kratos Defense & Security Solutions is more favorable than Aerojet Rocketdyne.
Aerojet Rocketdyne has higher revenue and earnings than Kratos Defense & Security Solutions.
In the previous week, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions had 13 more articles in the media than Aerojet Rocketdyne. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions and 0 mentions for Aerojet Rocketdyne. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Aerojet Rocketdyne's score of 0.93 indicating that Aerojet Rocketdyne is being referred to more favorably in the media.
94.6% of Aerojet Rocketdyne shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Aerojet Rocketdyne shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions received 382 more outperform votes than Aerojet Rocketdyne when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.28% of users gave Kratos Defense & Security Solutions an outperform vote while only 58.24% of users gave Aerojet Rocketdyne an outperform vote.
Aerojet Rocketdyne has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Aerojet Rocketdyne has a net margin of 3.23% compared to Aerojet Rocketdyne's net margin of -0.06%. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' return on equity of 20.42% beat Aerojet Rocketdyne's return on equity.
Summary
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions beats Aerojet Rocketdyne on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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