ESLT vs. SPR, EH, DCO, ATRO, PKE, AIRI, PRZO, TDG, HEI, and LDOS
Should you be buying Elbit Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Elbit Systems include Spirit AeroSystems (SPR), EHang (EH), Ducommun (DCO), Astronics (ATRO), Park Aerospace (PKE), Air Industries Group (AIRI), ParaZero Technologies (PRZO), TransDigm Group (TDG), HEICO (HEI), and Leidos (LDOS). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
Spirit AeroSystems (NYSE:SPR) and Elbit Systems (NASDAQ:ESLT) are both mid-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.
Elbit Systems has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Spirit AeroSystems. Spirit AeroSystems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Elbit Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Spirit AeroSystems currently has a consensus target price of $32.83, suggesting a potential upside of 6.50%. Given Elbit Systems' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Spirit AeroSystems is more favorable than Elbit Systems.
93.6% of Spirit AeroSystems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.9% of Elbit Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Spirit AeroSystems shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Elbit Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Spirit AeroSystems has a beta of 1.79, indicating that its stock price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Elbit Systems has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Spirit AeroSystems received 542 more outperform votes than Elbit Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.34% of users gave Elbit Systems an outperform vote while only 64.77% of users gave Spirit AeroSystems an outperform vote.
Elbit Systems has a net margin of 3.60% compared to Elbit Systems' net margin of -15.32%. Spirit AeroSystems' return on equity of 10.16% beat Elbit Systems' return on equity.
In the previous week, Elbit Systems had 7 more articles in the media than Spirit AeroSystems. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Elbit Systems and 4 mentions for Spirit AeroSystems. Elbit Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Spirit AeroSystems' score of 0.34 indicating that Spirit AeroSystems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Elbit Systems beats Spirit AeroSystems on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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