DCO vs. ATRO, EH, PKE, LUNR, ACHR, TGI, ASLE, RDW, SPIR, and EVEX
Should you be buying Ducommun stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ducommun include Astronics (ATRO), EHang (EH), Park Aerospace (PKE), Intuitive Machines (LUNR), Archer Aviation (ACHR), Triumph Group (TGI), AerSale (ASLE), Redwire (RDW), Spire Global (SPIR), and EVE (EVEX). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
Ducommun (NYSE:DCO) and Astronics (NASDAQ:ATRO) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and community ranking.
In the previous week, Astronics had 7 more articles in the media than Ducommun. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Astronics and 2 mentions for Ducommun. Astronics' average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Ducommun's score of 0.26 indicating that Astronics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
92.2% of Ducommun shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.7% of Astronics shares are held by institutional investors. 8.8% of Ducommun shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.8% of Astronics shares are held 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.
Ducommun has higher revenue and earnings than Astronics. Astronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ducommun, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ducommun has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Astronics has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ducommun received 233 more outperform votes than Astronics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.45% of users gave Ducommun an outperform vote while only 65.73% of users gave Astronics an outperform vote.
Ducommun currently has a consensus target price of $65.20, suggesting a potential upside of 12.94%. Astronics has a consensus target price of $19.00, suggesting a potential downside of 10.71%. Given Ducommun's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Ducommun is more favorable than Astronics.
Ducommun has a net margin of 2.29% compared to Astronics' net margin of -3.51%. Ducommun's return on equity of 6.06% beat Astronics' return on equity.
Summary
Ducommun beats Astronics on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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