HEI.A vs. HEI, LDOS, TDY, TXT, CW, HII, ESLT, FTAI, CAE, and DRS
Should you be buying HEICO stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HEICO include HEICO (HEI), Leidos (LDOS), Teledyne Technologies (TDY), Textron (TXT), Curtiss-Wright (CW), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Elbit Systems (ESLT), FTAI Aviation (FTAI), CAE (CAE), and Leonardo DRS (DRS). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
HEICO (NYSE:HEI.A) and HEICO (NYSE:HEI) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, HEICO had 4 more articles in the media than HEICO. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for HEICO and 4 mentions for HEICO. HEICO's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat HEICO's score of 0.00 indicating that HEICO is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
HEICO has a consensus target price of $210.30, indicating a potential downside of 0.80%. Given HEICO's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe HEICO is more favorable than HEICO.
HEICO is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HEICO, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
HEICO pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. HEICO pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. HEICO pays out 6.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HEICO pays out 6.5% 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.
HEICO received 279 more outperform votes than HEICO when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.41% of users gave HEICO an outperform vote while only 66.76% of users gave HEICO an outperform vote.
59.0% of HEICO shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.1% of HEICO shares are held by institutional investors. 9.8% of HEICO shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.1% of HEICO shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
HEICO has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HEICO has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
HEICO beats HEICO on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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