CAE vs. DRS, HXL, AVAV, MOG.B, FTAI, ESLT, SPR, KTOS, HII, and AIR
Should you be buying CAE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CAE include Leonardo DRS (DRS), Hexcel (HXL), AeroVironment (AVAV), Moog (MOG.B), FTAI Aviation (FTAI), Elbit Systems (ESLT), Spirit AeroSystems (SPR), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), and AAR (AIR). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
Leonardo DRS (NASDAQ:DRS) and CAE (NYSE:CAE) are both mid-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, dividends and profitability.
CAE received 553 more outperform votes than Leonardo DRS when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 84.62% of users gave Leonardo DRS an outperform vote while only 62.60% of users gave CAE an outperform vote.
Leonardo DRS has a net margin of 6.28% compared to Leonardo DRS's net margin of 6.20%. CAE's return on equity of 9.35% beat Leonardo DRS's return on equity.
Leonardo DRS currently has a consensus target price of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.08%. CAE has a consensus target price of $34.75, indicating a potential upside of 81.65%. Given Leonardo DRS's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CAE is more favorable than Leonardo DRS.
18.8% of Leonardo DRS shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.4% of CAE shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Leonardo DRS shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.3% of CAE shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Leonardo DRS has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CAE has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CAE has higher revenue and earnings than Leonardo DRS. CAE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Leonardo DRS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, CAE had 24 more articles in the media than Leonardo DRS. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for CAE and 6 mentions for Leonardo DRS. CAE's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Leonardo DRS's score of 0.01 indicating that Leonardo DRS is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Leonardo DRS and CAE tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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