HXL vs. TDY, TXT, CW, HII, AVAV, SPR, KTOS, AIR, TGI, and ATRO
Should you be buying Hexcel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hexcel include Teledyne Technologies (TDY), Textron (TXT), Curtiss-Wright (CW), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), AeroVironment (AVAV), Spirit AeroSystems (SPR), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS), AAR (AIR), Triumph Group (TGI), and Astronics (ATRO). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.
Hexcel (NYSE:HXL) and Teledyne Technologies (NYSE:TDY) are both aerospace companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
95.5% of Hexcel shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Teledyne Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Hexcel shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Teledyne Technologies shares are owned 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.
Teledyne Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Hexcel. Teledyne Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hexcel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hexcel received 174 more outperform votes than Teledyne Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.43% of users gave Teledyne Technologies an outperform vote while only 64.71% of users gave Hexcel an outperform vote.
Hexcel presently has a consensus target price of $77.57, indicating a potential upside of 17.23%. Teledyne Technologies has a consensus target price of $470.83, indicating a potential upside of 21.01%. Given Teledyne Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Teledyne Technologies is more favorable than Hexcel.
In the previous week, Teledyne Technologies had 4 more articles in the media than Hexcel. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Teledyne Technologies and 4 mentions for Hexcel. Hexcel's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Teledyne Technologies' score of 1.16 indicating that Hexcel is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Teledyne Technologies has a net margin of 15.81% compared to Hexcel's net margin of 5.52%. Teledyne Technologies' return on equity of 10.54% beat Hexcel's return on equity.
Hexcel has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teledyne Technologies has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Teledyne Technologies beats Hexcel on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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