AVAV vs. EVEX, ACHR, MOG.B, SPR, HXL, DRS, CAE, KTOS, FTAI, and RKLB
Should you be buying AeroVironment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AeroVironment include EVE (EVEX), Archer Aviation (ACHR), Moog (MOG.B), Spirit AeroSystems (SPR), Hexcel (HXL), Leonardo DRS (DRS), CAE (CAE), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS), FTAI Aviation (FTAI), and Rocket Lab USA (RKLB). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
AeroVironment (NASDAQ:AVAV) and EVE (NYSE:EVEX) are both aerospace companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.
EVE has a net margin of 0.00% compared to AeroVironment's net margin of -15.14%. AeroVironment's return on equity of 13.93% beat EVE's return on equity.
In the previous week, AeroVironment had 4 more articles in the media than EVE. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for AeroVironment and 3 mentions for EVE. EVE's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat AeroVironment's score of 0.66 indicating that EVE is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
86.4% of AeroVironment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.3% of EVE shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of AeroVironment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of EVE shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
AeroVironment currently has a consensus target price of $140.20, suggesting a potential downside of 22.18%. EVE has a consensus target price of $8.50, suggesting a potential upside of 52.06%. Given EVE's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe EVE is more favorable than AeroVironment.
AeroVironment received 422 more outperform votes than EVE when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.21% of users gave AeroVironment an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave EVE an outperform vote.
AeroVironment has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EVE has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
EVE has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AeroVironment. AeroVironment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EVE, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
AeroVironment beats EVE on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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