MOG.B vs. CW, AVAV, HXL, DRS, CAE, SPR, KTOS, FTAI, AIR, and ESLT
Should you be buying Moog stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Moog include Curtiss-Wright (CW), AeroVironment (AVAV), Hexcel (HXL), Leonardo DRS (DRS), CAE (CAE), Spirit AeroSystems (SPR), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS), FTAI Aviation (FTAI), AAR (AIR), and Elbit Systems (ESLT). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
Moog (NYSE:MOG.B) and Curtiss-Wright (NYSE:CW) are both aerospace companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and risk.
8.1% of Moog shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of Curtiss-Wright shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of Moog shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Curtiss-Wright shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Curtiss-Wright received 472 more outperform votes than Moog when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Moog an outperform vote while only 65.90% of users gave Curtiss-Wright an outperform vote.
Curtiss-Wright has a consensus price target of $302.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.37%. Given Curtiss-Wright's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Curtiss-Wright is more favorable than Moog.
In the previous week, Curtiss-Wright had 23 more articles in the media than Moog. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Curtiss-Wright and 1 mentions for Moog. Curtiss-Wright's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Moog's score of 0.10 indicating that Curtiss-Wright is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Moog has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Curtiss-Wright has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Moog pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Curtiss-Wright pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Moog pays out 19.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Curtiss-Wright pays out 8.2% 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.
Curtiss-Wright has a net margin of 12.78% compared to Moog's net margin of 5.41%. Curtiss-Wright's return on equity of 16.79% beat Moog's return on equity.
Curtiss-Wright has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Moog. Curtiss-Wright is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Moog, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Curtiss-Wright beats Moog on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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