HXL vs. TDY, TXT, CW, HII, AVAV, SPR, KTOS, AIR, TGI, and ATRO
Should you be buying Hexcel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hexcel include Teledyne Technologies (TDY), Textron (TXT), Curtiss-Wright (CW), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), AeroVironment (AVAV), Spirit AeroSystems (SPR), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS), AAR (AIR), Triumph Group (TGI), and Astronics (ATRO). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.
Hexcel (NYSE:HXL) and Teledyne Technologies (NYSE:TDY) are both aerospace companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Hexcel had 1 more articles in the media than Teledyne Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Hexcel and 4 mentions for Teledyne Technologies. Teledyne Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Hexcel's score of 1.10 indicating that Teledyne Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hexcel received 174 more outperform votes than Teledyne Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.43% of users gave Teledyne Technologies an outperform vote while only 64.71% of users gave Hexcel an outperform vote.
Teledyne Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Hexcel. Teledyne Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hexcel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hexcel has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teledyne Technologies has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
95.5% of Hexcel shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Teledyne Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Hexcel shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Teledyne Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Teledyne Technologies has a net margin of 15.81% compared to Hexcel's net margin of 5.52%. Teledyne Technologies' return on equity of 10.54% beat Hexcel's return on equity.
Hexcel currently has a consensus price target of $77.57, indicating a potential upside of 11.25%. Teledyne Technologies has a consensus price target of $470.83, indicating a potential upside of 19.21%. Given Teledyne Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Teledyne Technologies is more favorable than Hexcel.
Summary
Teledyne Technologies beats Hexcel on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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