CAE vs. DRS, HXL, FTAI, MOG.B, AVAV, SPR, ESLT, KTOS, CW, and RKLB
Should you be buying CAE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CAE include Leonardo DRS (DRS), Hexcel (HXL), FTAI Aviation (FTAI), Moog (MOG.B), AeroVironment (AVAV), Spirit AeroSystems (SPR), Elbit Systems (ESLT), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS), Curtiss-Wright (CW), and Rocket Lab USA (RKLB). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
Leonardo DRS (NASDAQ:DRS) and CAE (NYSE:CAE) are both mid-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, profitability and risk.
CAE has higher revenue and earnings than Leonardo DRS. Leonardo DRS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CAE, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Leonardo DRS has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CAE has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.
18.8% of Leonardo DRS shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.4% of CAE shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Leonardo DRS shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.3% of CAE shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Leonardo DRS had 6 more articles in the media than CAE. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Leonardo DRS and 10 mentions for CAE. Leonardo DRS's average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat CAE's score of 0.28 indicating that CAE is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Leonardo DRS presently has a consensus price target of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.81%. CAE has a consensus price target of $34.75, suggesting a potential upside of 69.76%. Given Leonardo DRS's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe CAE is more favorable than Leonardo DRS.
Leonardo DRS has a net margin of 6.28% compared to Leonardo DRS's net margin of 6.20%. CAE's return on equity of 9.35% beat Leonardo DRS's return on equity.
CAE received 553 more outperform votes than Leonardo DRS when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 84.62% of users gave Leonardo DRS an outperform vote while only 62.88% of users gave CAE an outperform vote.
Summary
CAE beats Leonardo DRS on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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