WWD vs. MOG.A, BE, HOLI, THR, BLDP, IR, XYL, DOV, IEX, and SNA
Should you be buying Woodward stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Woodward include Moog (MOG.A), Bloom Energy (BE), Hollysys Automation Technologies (HOLI), Thermon Group (THR), Ballard Power Systems (BLDP), Ingersoll Rand (IR), Xylem (XYL), Dover (DOV), IDEX (IEX), and Snap-on (SNA).
Moog (NYSE:MOG.A) and Woodward (NASDAQ:WWD) are both aerospace companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.
In the previous week, Woodward had 6 more articles in the media than Moog. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Woodward and 0 mentions for Moog. Moog's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Woodward's score of 0.00 indicating that Woodward is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Woodward has a net margin of 11.09% compared to Woodward's net margin of 5.41%. Moog's return on equity of 16.50% beat Woodward's return on equity.
Moog has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Woodward has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
88.0% of Moog shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.2% of Woodward shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Moog shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Woodward shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Woodward has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Moog. Moog is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Woodward, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Woodward received 117 more outperform votes than Moog when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.70% of users gave Woodward an outperform vote while only 55.71% of users gave Moog an outperform vote.
Moog pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Woodward pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Moog pays out 19.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Woodward pays out 17.5% 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.
Moog currently has a consensus target price of $141.00, indicating a potential downside of 12.88%. Woodward has a consensus target price of $174.38, indicating a potential downside of 5.50%. Given Moog's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Woodward is more favorable than Moog.
Summary
Woodward beats Moog on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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