SPR vs. EH, ESLT, KTOS, AIR, RKLB, UP, MOG.B, AVAV, EVEX, and HXL
Should you be buying Spirit AeroSystems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Spirit AeroSystems include EHang (EH), Elbit Systems (ESLT), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS), AAR (AIR), Rocket Lab USA (RKLB), Wheels Up Experience (UP), Moog (MOG.B), AeroVironment (AVAV), EVE (EVEX), and Hexcel (HXL). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
Spirit AeroSystems (NYSE:SPR) and EHang (NASDAQ:EH) are both aerospace companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, community ranking and profitability.
Spirit AeroSystems has a beta of 1.79, meaning that its stock price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EHang has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
93.6% of Spirit AeroSystems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.0% of EHang shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Spirit AeroSystems shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 39.6% of EHang shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Spirit AeroSystems received 825 more outperform votes than EHang when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.43% of users gave EHang an outperform vote while only 64.77% of users gave Spirit AeroSystems an outperform vote.
In the previous week, EHang had 4 more articles in the media than Spirit AeroSystems. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for EHang and 4 mentions for Spirit AeroSystems. Spirit AeroSystems' average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat EHang's score of 0.29 indicating that Spirit AeroSystems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Spirit AeroSystems presently has a consensus target price of $32.83, indicating a potential upside of 6.50%. EHang has a consensus target price of $29.00, indicating a potential upside of 83.08%. Given EHang's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe EHang is more favorable than Spirit AeroSystems.
Spirit AeroSystems has a net margin of -15.32% compared to EHang's net margin of -176.72%. Spirit AeroSystems' return on equity of 0.00% beat EHang's return on equity.
EHang has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Spirit AeroSystems. EHang is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Spirit AeroSystems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Spirit AeroSystems and EHang tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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