FTAI vs. CAE, ESLT, HXL, HII, DRS, 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 CAE (CAE), Elbit Systems (ESLT), Hexcel (HXL), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Leonardo DRS (DRS), 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.
FTAI Aviation (NYSE:FTAI) and CAE (NYSE:CAE) are both mid-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, CAE had 3 more articles in the media than FTAI Aviation. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for CAE and 5 mentions for FTAI Aviation. CAE's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat FTAI Aviation's score of 0.88 indicating that CAE is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
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 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.
FTAI Aviation presently has a consensus price target of $68.95, indicating a potential downside of 12.84%. CAE has a consensus price target of $34.75, indicating a potential upside of 65.95%. Given CAE's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CAE is more favorable than FTAI Aviation.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 18.3% of CAE shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
FTAI Aviation has a beta of 1.9, suggesting that its share price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CAE has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
FTAI Aviation beats CAE on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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