HXL vs. DRS, MOG.B, AVAV, CAE, FTAI, SPR, ESLT, KTOS, AIR, and RKLB
Should you be buying Hexcel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hexcel include Leonardo DRS (DRS), Moog (MOG.B), AeroVironment (AVAV), CAE (CAE), FTAI Aviation (FTAI), Spirit AeroSystems (SPR), Elbit Systems (ESLT), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS), AAR (AIR), and Rocket Lab USA (RKLB). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
Hexcel (NYSE:HXL) and Leonardo DRS (NASDAQ:DRS) are both mid-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.
95.5% of Hexcel shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.8% of Leonardo DRS shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Hexcel shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Leonardo DRS shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Hexcel has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Leonardo DRS has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Leonardo DRS has a net margin of 6.28% compared to Hexcel's net margin of 5.52%. Leonardo DRS's return on equity of 9.35% beat Hexcel's return on equity.
Leonardo DRS has higher revenue and earnings than Hexcel. Leonardo DRS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hexcel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hexcel currently has a consensus target price of $77.57, suggesting a potential upside of 7.78%. Leonardo DRS has a consensus target price of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.07%. Given Hexcel's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hexcel is more favorable than Leonardo DRS.
Hexcel received 541 more outperform votes than Leonardo DRS when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 84.62% of users gave Leonardo DRS an outperform vote while only 64.71% of users gave Hexcel an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Hexcel had 10 more articles in the media than Leonardo DRS. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Hexcel and 6 mentions for Leonardo DRS. Leonardo DRS's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Hexcel's score of 0.75 indicating that Leonardo DRS is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Hexcel beats Leonardo DRS on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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