DRS vs. TDY, HXL, CAE, MOG.B, AVAV, FTAI, SPR, KTOS, ESLT, and RKLB
Should you be buying Leonardo DRS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Leonardo DRS include Teledyne Technologies (TDY), Hexcel (HXL), CAE (CAE), Moog (MOG.B), AeroVironment (AVAV), FTAI Aviation (FTAI), Spirit AeroSystems (SPR), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS), Elbit Systems (ESLT), and Rocket Lab USA (RKLB). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
Leonardo DRS (NASDAQ:DRS) and Teledyne Technologies (NYSE:TDY) are both aerospace companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
In the previous week, Leonardo DRS had 9 more articles in the media than Teledyne Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Leonardo DRS and 7 mentions for Teledyne Technologies. Teledyne Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Leonardo DRS's score of 0.42 indicating that Teledyne Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Teledyne Technologies has a net margin of 15.81% compared to Leonardo DRS's net margin of 6.28%. Teledyne Technologies' return on equity of 10.54% beat Leonardo DRS's return on equity.
Leonardo DRS currently has a consensus price target of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.37%. Teledyne Technologies has a consensus price target of $470.83, suggesting a potential upside of 19.80%. Given Teledyne Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Teledyne Technologies is more favorable than Leonardo DRS.
Teledyne Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Leonardo DRS. Teledyne Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Leonardo DRS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
18.8% of Leonardo DRS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Teledyne Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Leonardo DRS shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Teledyne Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Teledyne Technologies received 367 more outperform votes than Leonardo DRS when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 84.62% of users gave Leonardo DRS an outperform vote while only 66.43% of users gave Teledyne Technologies an outperform vote.
Leonardo DRS has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teledyne Technologies has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Teledyne Technologies beats Leonardo DRS on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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