CW vs. MOG.B, ESLT, HII, FTAI, CAE, DRS, HXL, AVAV, SPR, and KTOS
Should you be buying Curtiss-Wright stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Curtiss-Wright include Moog (MOG.B), Elbit Systems (ESLT), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), FTAI Aviation (FTAI), CAE (CAE), Leonardo DRS (DRS), Hexcel (HXL), AeroVironment (AVAV), Spirit AeroSystems (SPR), and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
Curtiss-Wright (NYSE:CW) and Moog (NYSE:MOG.B) are both mid-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.
Curtiss-Wright pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Moog pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Curtiss-Wright pays out 8.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Moog pays out 19.0% 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.
Curtiss-Wright has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Moog has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Curtiss-Wright has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Moog. Moog is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Curtiss-Wright, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Curtiss-Wright received 468 more outperform votes than Moog when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Moog an outperform vote while only 65.89% of users gave Curtiss-Wright an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Curtiss-Wright had 4 more articles in the media than Moog. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Curtiss-Wright and 5 mentions for Moog. Curtiss-Wright's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Moog's score of 0.64 indicating that Curtiss-Wright is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Curtiss-Wright presently has a consensus target price of $260.25, suggesting a potential upside of 1.27%. Given Curtiss-Wright's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Curtiss-Wright is more favorable than Moog.
Curtiss-Wright has a net margin of 12.46% compared to Moog's net margin of 5.41%. Curtiss-Wright's return on equity of 16.61% beat Moog's return on equity.
82.7% of Curtiss-Wright shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.1% of Moog shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Curtiss-Wright shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Moog shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Curtiss-Wright beats Moog on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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