FTAI vs. ESLT, CAE, HXL, DRS, HII, MOG.B, AVAV, CW, SPR, and KTOS
Should you be buying FTAI Aviation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FTAI Aviation include Elbit Systems (ESLT), CAE (CAE), Hexcel (HXL), Leonardo DRS (DRS), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Moog (MOG.B), AeroVironment (AVAV), Curtiss-Wright (CW), Spirit AeroSystems (SPR), and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
Elbit Systems (NASDAQ:ESLT) and FTAI Aviation (NYSE:FTAI) are both mid-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.
Elbit Systems has higher revenue and earnings than FTAI Aviation. FTAI Aviation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Elbit Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Elbit Systems pays an annual dividend of $1.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. FTAI Aviation pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Elbit Systems pays out 34.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FTAI Aviation pays out 54.8% 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.
FTAI Aviation has a consensus target price of $68.95, indicating a potential downside of 11.87%. Given Elbit Systems' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe FTAI Aviation is more favorable than Elbit Systems.
Elbit Systems has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FTAI Aviation has a beta of 1.9, meaning that its share price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, FTAI Aviation had 1 more articles in the media than Elbit Systems. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for FTAI Aviation and 4 mentions for Elbit Systems. Elbit Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat FTAI Aviation's score of 0.50 indicating that FTAI Aviation is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
17.9% of Elbit Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.0% of FTAI Aviation shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Elbit Systems shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of FTAI Aviation shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Elbit Systems received 6 more outperform votes than FTAI Aviation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.34% of users gave Elbit Systems 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 FTAI Aviation's net margin of 3.60%. Elbit Systems' return on equity of 188.45% beat FTAI Aviation's return on equity.
Summary
FTAI Aviation beats Elbit Systems on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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