FTAI vs. CAE, DRS, HXL, MOG.B, ESLT, AVAV, CW, SPR, HII, and KTOS
Should you be buying FTAI Aviation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FTAI Aviation include CAE (CAE), Leonardo DRS (DRS), Hexcel (HXL), Moog (MOG.B), Elbit Systems (ESLT), AeroVironment (AVAV), Curtiss-Wright (CW), Spirit AeroSystems (SPR), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
FTAI Aviation (NYSE:FTAI) and CAE (NYSE:CAE) are both mid-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.
FTAI Aviation has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CAE. CAE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FTAI Aviation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CAE received 257 more outperform votes than FTAI Aviation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.88% of users gave CAE an outperform vote while only 62.78% of users gave FTAI Aviation an outperform vote.
FTAI Aviation has a net margin of 21.08% compared to CAE's net margin of 6.20%. FTAI Aviation's return on equity of 188.45% beat CAE's return on equity.
FTAI Aviation presently has a consensus price target of $68.95, suggesting a potential downside of 12.17%. CAE has a consensus price target of $34.75, suggesting a potential upside of 67.63%. Given CAE's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe CAE is more favorable than FTAI Aviation.
FTAI Aviation has a beta of 1.9, meaning that its share price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CAE has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, FTAI Aviation had 4 more articles in the media than CAE. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for FTAI Aviation and 8 mentions for CAE. FTAI Aviation's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat CAE's score of 0.65 indicating that FTAI Aviation is being referred to more favorably in the media.
89.0% of FTAI Aviation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.4% of CAE shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of FTAI Aviation shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.3% of CAE shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
FTAI Aviation beats CAE on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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