AVON vs. BOE, GEC, CHG, SNR, CHRT, VEL, HARL, AERO, BA, and RR
Should you be buying Avon Protection stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Avon Protection include Boeing (BOE), General Electric (GEC), Chemring Group (CHG), Senior (SNR), Cohort (CHRT), Velocity Composites (VEL), Harland & Wolff Group (HARL), Strat Aero (AERO), BAE Systems (BA), and Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (RR). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.
Avon Protection (LON:AVON) and Boeing (LON:BOE) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings and dividends.
Avon Protection received 206 more outperform votes than Boeing when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.16% of users gave Avon Protection an outperform vote while only 72.91% of users gave Boeing an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Boeing had 26 more articles in the media than Avon Protection. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Boeing and 12 mentions for Avon Protection. Boeing's average media sentiment score of 0.05 beat Avon Protection's score of -0.15 indicating that Boeing is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Avon Protection currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,295, indicating a potential downside of 3.36%. Given Avon Protection's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Avon Protection is more favorable than Boeing.
71.4% of Avon Protection shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.4% of Boeing shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.4% of Avon Protection shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Boeing shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Avon Protection has a beta of 0.3, indicating that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boeing has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Boeing has a net margin of -5.86% compared to Avon Protection's net margin of -5.91%. Boeing's return on equity of 0.00% beat Avon Protection's return on equity.
Avon Protection has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Boeing. Avon Protection is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boeing, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Avon Protection beats Boeing on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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