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ATRO vs. HXL, SPR, 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 Hexcel (HXL), Spirit Aerosystems (SPR), 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

Hexcel (NYSE:HXL) and Astronics (NASDAQ:ATRO) are both aerospace companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Hexcel currently has a consensus target price of $58.67, suggesting a potential upside of 2.24%. Astronics has a consensus target price of $32.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.25%. Given Hexcel's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Hexcel is more favorable than Astronics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hexcel
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.10
Astronics
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

95.5% of Hexcel shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.7% of Astronics shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Hexcel shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.8% of Astronics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Hexcel has a net margin of 6.60% compared to Astronics' net margin of -0.43%. Astronics' return on equity of 18.45% beat Hexcel's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hexcel6.60% 10.36% 5.76%
Astronics -0.43%18.45%7.29%

In the previous week, Hexcel and Hexcel both had 4 articles in the media. Hexcel's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Astronics' score of 0.34 indicating that Hexcel is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Hexcel
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Astronics
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Hexcel has higher revenue and earnings than Astronics. Astronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hexcel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Hexcel$1.90B2.42$132.10M$1.5138.00
Astronics$795.43M1.42-$16.22M-$0.12-266.00

Hexcel has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Astronics has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Hexcel beats Astronics on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ATRO vs. The Competition

MetricAstronicsAEROSP/DEF EQ IndustryAerospace SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.13B$17.26B$26.34B$8.95B
Dividend YieldN/A0.80%1.00%4.06%
P/E Ratio-265.98127.7680.9020.10
Price / Sales1.426.976.53120.24
Price / Cash17.0946.1435.4857.86
Price / Book4.407.098.165.56
Net Income-$16.22M$266.64M$369.21M$248.40M
7 Day Performance-1.88%0.53%1.21%4.67%
1 Month Performance-3.86%4.36%3.54%6.64%
1 Year Performance57.01%74.51%52.16%21.31%

Astronics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ATRO
Astronics
1.585 of 5 stars
$31.92
+0.1%
$32.00
+0.3%
+56.5%$1.13B$795.43M-265.982,500News Coverage
High Trading Volume
HXL
Hexcel
3.8768 of 5 stars
$56.54
-0.6%
$61.20
+8.2%
-11.4%$4.58B$1.90B37.445,894
SPR
Spirit Aerosystems
1.383 of 5 stars
$38.12
-1.3%
$36.56
-4.1%
+12.7%$4.53B$6.32B-2.0920,370
AIR
AAR
2.8641 of 5 stars
$68.76
-0.4%
$80.20
+16.6%
-1.0%$2.49B$2.32B19.075,700News Coverage
TGI
Triumph Group
2.4439 of 5 stars
$25.73
-0.2%
$20.63
-19.8%
+64.6%$2.00B$1.26B49.483,696News Coverage
NPK
National Presto Industries
1.4786 of 5 stars
$97.54
-0.4%
N/A+50.1%$699.86M$388.23M16.371,126High Trading Volume
SYPR
Sypris Solutions
0.6754 of 5 stars
$2.21
-3.9%
N/A+12.9%$52.86M$140.18M-221.00680
GE
GE Aerospace
4.7305 of 5 stars
$257.34
+1.1%
$223.75
-13.1%
+51.1%$271.41B$38.70B40.0253,000Positive News
BA
Boeing
3.2488 of 5 stars
$209.77
-2.2%
$215.77
+2.9%
+17.6%$161.77B$66.52B-11.71172,000Trending News
HON
Honeywell International
4.59 of 5 stars
$232.88
+1.8%
$249.21
+7.0%
+13.3%$147.08B$38.50B26.77102,000Trending News
LMT
Lockheed Martin
4.7551 of 5 stars
$463.43
+1.1%
$541.80
+16.9%
+0.3%$107.45B$71.04B20.02121,000Trending News

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This page (NASDAQ:ATRO) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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