HXL vs. DRS, MOG.B, AVAV, CAE, FTAI, SPR, ESLT, KTOS, AIR, and RKLB
Should you be buying Hexcel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hexcel include Leonardo DRS (DRS), Moog (MOG.B), AeroVironment (AVAV), CAE (CAE), FTAI Aviation (FTAI), Spirit AeroSystems (SPR), Elbit Systems (ESLT), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS), AAR (AIR), and Rocket Lab USA (RKLB). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
Leonardo DRS (NASDAQ:DRS) and Hexcel (NYSE:HXL) are both mid-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and risk.
18.8% of Leonardo DRS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Hexcel shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Leonardo DRS shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Hexcel shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Leonardo DRS presently has a consensus price target of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.08%. Hexcel has a consensus price target of $77.57, indicating a potential upside of 10.41%. Given Leonardo DRS's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hexcel is more favorable than Leonardo DRS.
Leonardo DRS has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hexcel has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Leonardo DRS and Leonardo DRS both had 6 articles in the media. Leonardo DRS's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Hexcel's score of 0.68 indicating that Hexcel is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hexcel received 541 more outperform votes than Leonardo DRS when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 84.62% of users gave Leonardo DRS an outperform vote while only 64.71% of users gave Hexcel an outperform vote.
Leonardo DRS has higher revenue and earnings than Hexcel. Leonardo DRS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hexcel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Leonardo DRS has a net margin of 6.28% compared to Leonardo DRS's net margin of 5.52%. Hexcel's return on equity of 9.35% beat Leonardo DRS's return on equity.
Summary
Hexcel beats Leonardo DRS on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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