AVAV vs. EVEX, MOG.B, DRS, HXL, CAE, SPR, FTAI, KTOS, AIR, and RKLB
Should you be buying AeroVironment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AeroVironment include EVE (EVEX), Moog (MOG.B), Leonardo DRS (DRS), Hexcel (HXL), 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.
EVE (NYSE:EVEX) and AeroVironment (NASDAQ:AVAV) are both aerospace companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
EVE has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AeroVironment. AeroVironment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EVE, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
EVE has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AeroVironment has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
EVE presently has a consensus price target of $8.50, indicating a potential upside of 54.55%. AeroVironment has a consensus price target of $140.20, indicating a potential downside of 27.67%. Given AeroVironment's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe EVE is more favorable than AeroVironment.
AeroVironment received 422 more outperform votes than EVE when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.21% of users gave AeroVironment an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave EVE an outperform vote.
1.3% of EVE shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.4% of AeroVironment shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of EVE shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of AeroVironment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, AeroVironment had 1 more articles in the media than EVE. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for AeroVironment and 7 mentions for EVE. EVE's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat AeroVironment's score of -0.12 indicating that AeroVironment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
EVE has a net margin of 0.00% compared to EVE's net margin of -15.14%. EVE's return on equity of 13.93% beat AeroVironment's return on equity.
Summary
AeroVironment beats EVE on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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