ATRO vs. SPR, HXL, AIR, TGI, NPK, SYPR, GE, BA, HON, and LMT
Should you be buying Astronics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Astronics include Spirit AeroSystems (SPR), Hexcel (HXL), AAR (AIR), Triumph Group (TGI), National Presto Industries (NPK), Sypris Solutions (SYPR), GE Aerospace (GE), Boeing (BA), Honeywell International (HON), and Lockheed Martin (LMT). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.
Astronics vs. Its Competitors
Astronics (NASDAQ:ATRO) and Spirit AeroSystems (NYSE:SPR) are both aerospace companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.
Astronics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Spirit AeroSystems. Astronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Spirit AeroSystems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Astronics currently has a consensus price target of $32.00, indicating a potential downside of 10.64%. Spirit AeroSystems has a consensus price target of $36.56, indicating a potential downside of 2.44%. Given Spirit AeroSystems' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Spirit AeroSystems is more favorable than Astronics.
Astronics has a net margin of -0.82% compared to Spirit AeroSystems' net margin of -22.39%. Astronics' return on equity of 6.94% beat Spirit AeroSystems' return on equity.
56.7% of Astronics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.6% of Spirit AeroSystems shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.8% of Astronics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Spirit AeroSystems 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.
Astronics has a beta of 1.56, meaning that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spirit AeroSystems has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Astronics had 2 more articles in the media than Spirit AeroSystems. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Astronics and 6 mentions for Spirit AeroSystems. Astronics' average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Spirit AeroSystems' score of 0.75 indicating that Astronics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Spirit AeroSystems received 454 more outperform votes than Astronics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.05% of users gave Astronics an outperform vote while only 62.62% of users gave Spirit AeroSystems an outperform vote.
Summary
Astronics beats Spirit AeroSystems on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:ATRO) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
