MOG.B vs. CW, HXL, DRS, AVAV, CAE, SPR, FTAI, KTOS, AIR, and RKLB
Should you be buying Moog stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Moog include Curtiss-Wright (CW), Hexcel (HXL), Leonardo DRS (DRS), AeroVironment (AVAV), CAE (CAE), Spirit AeroSystems (SPR), FTAI Aviation (FTAI), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS), AAR (AIR), and Rocket Lab USA (RKLB). 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 investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and earnings.
Curtiss-Wright currently has a consensus target price of $260.25, indicating a potential upside of 2.46%. Given Moog's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Curtiss-Wright is more favorable than Moog.
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.
82.7% of Curtiss-Wright shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.1% of Moog shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Curtiss-Wright shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Moog shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Curtiss-Wright had 3 more articles in the media than Moog. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Curtiss-Wright and 4 mentions for Moog. Moog's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Curtiss-Wright's score of 0.10 indicating that Curtiss-Wright is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Curtiss-Wright has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Moog. Curtiss-Wright is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Moog, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Curtiss-Wright has a net margin of 12.46% compared to Curtiss-Wright's net margin of 5.06%. Moog's return on equity of 16.61% beat Curtiss-Wright's return on equity.
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.
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 20.9% 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 increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
Summary
Curtiss-Wright beats Moog on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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