ASLE vs. HDSN, WLFC, SPCE, RDW, SPIR, PKE, VTSI, ATRO, BAER, and EVTL
Should you be buying AerSale stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AerSale include Hudson Technologies (HDSN), Willis Lease Finance (WLFC), Virgin Galactic (SPCE), Redwire (RDW), Spire Global (SPIR), Park Aerospace (PKE), VirTra (VTSI), Astronics (ATRO), Bridger Aerospace Group (BAER), and Vertical Aerospace (EVTL).
Hudson Technologies (NASDAQ:HDSN) and AerSale (NASDAQ:ASLE) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and valuation.
In the previous week, Hudson Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than AerSale. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Hudson Technologies and 4 mentions for AerSale. Hudson Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat AerSale's score of 0.34 indicating that AerSale is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hudson Technologies received 337 more outperform votes than AerSale when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.92% of users gave Hudson Technologies an outperform vote while only 45.00% of users gave AerSale an outperform vote.
Hudson Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $12.40, suggesting a potential upside of 25.63%. AerSale has a consensus price target of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 120.21%. Given Hudson Technologies' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AerSale is more favorable than Hudson Technologies.
71.3% of Hudson Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.5% of AerSale shares are held by institutional investors. 9.2% of Hudson Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 37.3% of AerSale 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.
Hudson Technologies has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, AerSale has a beta of 0.23, meaning that its stock price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hudson Technologies has a net margin of 16.70% compared to Hudson Technologies' net margin of 0.20%. AerSale's return on equity of 21.59% beat Hudson Technologies' return on equity.
Hudson Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AerSale. AerSale is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hudson Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Hudson Technologies beats AerSale on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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