SPR vs. CW, HII, HXL, AVAV, KTOS, AIR, TGI, ATRO, NPK, and SYPR
Should you be buying Spirit AeroSystems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Spirit AeroSystems include Curtiss-Wright (CW), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Hexcel (HXL), AeroVironment (AVAV), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS), AAR (AIR), Triumph Group (TGI), Astronics (ATRO), National Presto Industries (NPK), and Sypris Solutions (SYPR). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.
Spirit AeroSystems (NYSE:SPR) and Curtiss-Wright (NYSE:CW) are both aerospace companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and community ranking.
Spirit AeroSystems presently has a consensus price target of $32.83, suggesting a potential upside of 8.29%. Curtiss-Wright has a consensus price target of $302.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6.96%. Given Spirit AeroSystems' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Spirit AeroSystems is more favorable than Curtiss-Wright.
Spirit AeroSystems received 283 more outperform votes than Curtiss-Wright when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.90% of users gave Curtiss-Wright an outperform vote while only 64.77% of users gave Spirit AeroSystems an outperform vote.
93.6% of Spirit AeroSystems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of Curtiss-Wright shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Spirit AeroSystems shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Curtiss-Wright shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Spirit AeroSystems has a beta of 1.79, indicating that its stock price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Curtiss-Wright has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Curtiss-Wright had 5 more articles in the media than Spirit AeroSystems. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Curtiss-Wright and 6 mentions for Spirit AeroSystems. Spirit AeroSystems' average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Curtiss-Wright's score of 0.56 indicating that Spirit AeroSystems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Curtiss-Wright has a net margin of 12.78% compared to Spirit AeroSystems' net margin of -15.32%. Curtiss-Wright's return on equity of 16.79% beat Spirit AeroSystems' return on equity.
Curtiss-Wright has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Spirit AeroSystems. Spirit AeroSystems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Curtiss-Wright, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Curtiss-Wright beats Spirit AeroSystems on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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