ATRO vs. DCO, PKE, EH, LUNR, SPCE, ASLE, SPIR, RDW, EVTL, and BAER
Should you be buying Astronics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Astronics include Ducommun (DCO), Park Aerospace (PKE), EHang (EH), Intuitive Machines (LUNR), Virgin Galactic (SPCE), AerSale (ASLE), Spire Global (SPIR), Redwire (RDW), Vertical Aerospace (EVTL), and Bridger Aerospace Group (BAER). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
Astronics (NASDAQ:ATRO) and Ducommun (NYSE:DCO) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation and earnings.
Ducommun has higher revenue and earnings than Astronics. Astronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ducommun, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ducommun has a net margin of 2.10% compared to Astronics' net margin of -3.83%. Ducommun's return on equity of 5.94% beat Astronics' return on equity.
56.7% of Astronics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.2% of Ducommun shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.8% of Astronics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.8% of Ducommun shares are owned by company 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.
Ducommun received 232 more outperform votes than Astronics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.49% of users gave Ducommun an outperform vote while only 65.84% of users gave Astronics an outperform vote.
Astronics has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ducommun has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Ducommun had 9 more articles in the media than Astronics. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Ducommun and 2 mentions for Astronics. Astronics' average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Ducommun's score of 0.29 indicating that Astronics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Astronics presently has a consensus price target of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 30.27%. Ducommun has a consensus price target of $62.80, suggesting a potential upside of 21.99%. Given Astronics' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Astronics is more favorable than Ducommun.
Summary
Ducommun beats Astronics on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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