FTAI vs. CAE, DRS, ESLT, HXL, MOG.B, CW, AVAV, SPR, HII, and KTOS
Should you be buying FTAI Aviation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FTAI Aviation include CAE (CAE), Leonardo DRS (DRS), Elbit Systems (ESLT), Hexcel (HXL), Moog (MOG.B), Curtiss-Wright (CW), AeroVironment (AVAV), Spirit AeroSystems (SPR), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
CAE (NYSE:CAE) and FTAI Aviation (NYSE:FTAI) are both mid-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.
CAE currently has a consensus target price of $34.75, suggesting a potential upside of 79.49%. FTAI Aviation has a consensus target price of $67.17, suggesting a potential downside of 7.47%. Given FTAI Aviation's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CAE is more favorable than FTAI Aviation.
FTAI Aviation has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CAE. CAE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FTAI Aviation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CAE has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FTAI Aviation has a beta of 1.9, indicating that its stock price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500.
FTAI Aviation has a net margin of 21.08% compared to FTAI Aviation's net margin of 6.20%. CAE's return on equity of 210.66% beat FTAI Aviation's return on equity.
In the previous week, FTAI Aviation had 7 more articles in the media than CAE. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for FTAI Aviation and 11 mentions for CAE. CAE's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat FTAI Aviation's score of 0.41 indicating that FTAI Aviation is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CAE received 259 more outperform votes than FTAI Aviation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.88% of users gave CAE an outperform vote while only 62.63% of users gave FTAI Aviation an outperform vote.
67.4% of CAE shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.0% of FTAI Aviation shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.3% of CAE shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of FTAI Aviation shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
FTAI Aviation beats CAE on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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