HXL vs. MOG.B, DRS, CAE, AVAV, SPR, FTAI, KTOS, AIR, RKLB, and UP
Should you be buying Hexcel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hexcel include Moog (MOG.B), Leonardo DRS (DRS), CAE (CAE), AeroVironment (AVAV), Spirit AeroSystems (SPR), FTAI Aviation (FTAI), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS), AAR (AIR), Rocket Lab USA (RKLB), and Wheels Up Experience (UP). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
Hexcel (NYSE:HXL) and Moog (NYSE:MOG.B) are both mid-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
Hexcel has a net margin of 5.52% compared to Moog's net margin of 5.41%. Moog's return on equity of 13.81% beat Hexcel's return on equity.
95.5% of Hexcel shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.1% of Moog shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Hexcel shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Moog shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Hexcel had 15 more articles in the media than Moog. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Hexcel and 6 mentions for Moog. Hexcel's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Moog's score of 0.69 indicating that Hexcel is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hexcel received 451 more outperform votes than Moog when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Moog an outperform vote while only 64.67% of users gave Hexcel an outperform vote.
Hexcel currently has a consensus target price of $76.57, suggesting a potential upside of 15.47%. Given Hexcel's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Hexcel is more favorable than Moog.
Hexcel pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Moog pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Hexcel pays out 51.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Moog pays out 19.0% 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.
Moog has higher revenue and earnings than Hexcel. Moog is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hexcel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hexcel has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Moog has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Hexcel beats Moog on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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