KAMN vs. RKLB, KTOS, ACHR, EVEX, EH, UP, TGI, DCO, LUNR, and ATRO
Should you be buying Kaman stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kaman include Rocket Lab USA (RKLB), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS), Archer Aviation (ACHR), EVE (EVEX), EHang (EH), Wheels Up Experience (UP), Triumph Group (TGI), Ducommun (DCO), Intuitive Machines (LUNR), and Astronics (ATRO). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
Rocket Lab USA (NASDAQ:RKLB) and Kaman (NYSE:KAMN) 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, profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking and dividends.
Kaman received 246 more outperform votes than Rocket Lab USA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.10% of users gave Kaman an outperform vote while only 45.10% of users gave Rocket Lab USA an outperform vote.
Rocket Lab USA currently has a consensus target price of $7.39, suggesting a potential upside of 75.85%. Given Kaman's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Rocket Lab USA is more favorable than Kaman.
71.8% of Rocket Lab USA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.7% of Kaman shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.7% of Rocket Lab USA shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Kaman shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Kaman has higher revenue and earnings than Rocket Lab USA. Rocket Lab USA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kaman, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kaman has a net margin of 1.12% compared to Kaman's net margin of -74.64%. Rocket Lab USA's return on equity of 2.14% beat Kaman's return on equity.
In the previous week, Rocket Lab USA had 25 more articles in the media than Kaman. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Rocket Lab USA and 1 mentions for Kaman. Kaman's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Rocket Lab USA's score of 0.00 indicating that Rocket Lab USA is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Rocket Lab USA has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kaman has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Kaman beats Rocket Lab USA on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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