HEICO (HEI.A) Competitors

HEICO (NYSE:HEI) and HEICO (NYSE:HEI.A) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Is HEI or HEI.A a better dividend stock?

HEICO pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. HEICO pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. HEICO pays out 6.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HEICO pays out 6.3% 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. HEICO has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in HEI or HEI.A?

27.1% of HEICO shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.0% of HEICO shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.1% of HEICO shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.8% of HEICO shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is HEI or HEI.A more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HEICO	12.62%	14.59%	6.91%
HEICO	12.62%	14.59%	6.91%

Do analysts recommend HEI or HEI.A?

HEICO presently has a consensus price target of $220.33, indicating a potential downside of 0.65%. Given HEICO's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe HEICO is more favorable than HEICO.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HEICO	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78
HEICO	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more risk and volatility, HEI or HEI.A?

HEICO has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HEICO has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HEI or HEI.A?

HEICO received 282 more outperform votes than HEICO when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.41% of users gave HEICO an outperform vote while only 66.89% of users gave HEICO an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HEICO	Outperform Votes 493 66.89%	Underperform Votes 244 33.11%
HEICO	Outperform Votes 211 67.41%	Underperform Votes 102 32.59%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, HEI or HEI.A?

HEICO is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HEICO, 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
HEICO	$2.97B	10.34	$403.60M	$3.18	69.74
HEICO	$2.97B	8.19	$403.60M	$3.18	55.24

Does the media prefer HEI or HEI.A?

In the previous week, HEICO had 24 more articles in the media than HEICO. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for HEICO and 4 mentions for HEICO. HEICO's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat HEICO's score of 0.00 indicating that HEICO is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HEICO	4 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
HEICO	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

HEICO beats HEICO on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.