ESLT vs. SPR, CAE, CW, HII, HXL, AJRD, MOG.B, ERJ, FTAI, and LDOS
Should you be buying Elbit Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Elbit Systems include Spirit AeroSystems (SPR), CAE (CAE), Curtiss-Wright (CW), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Hexcel (HXL), Aerojet Rocketdyne (AJRD), Moog (MOG.B), Embraer (ERJ), FTAI Aviation (FTAI), and Leidos (LDOS). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
Elbit Systems vs.
Spirit AeroSystems (NYSE:SPR) and Elbit Systems (NASDAQ:ESLT) are both mid-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and risk.
Spirit AeroSystems has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Elbit Systems has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
85.8% of Spirit AeroSystems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.8% of Elbit Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Spirit AeroSystems shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Elbit Systems shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Spirit AeroSystems currently has a consensus price target of $38.17, suggesting a potential upside of 10.53%. Given Spirit AeroSystems' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Spirit AeroSystems is more favorable than Elbit Systems.
In the previous week, Elbit Systems had 10 more articles in the media than Spirit AeroSystems. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Elbit Systems and 6 mentions for Spirit AeroSystems. Spirit AeroSystems' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Elbit Systems' score of 0.13 indicating that Spirit AeroSystems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Spirit AeroSystems received 538 more outperform votes than Elbit Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.46% of users gave Spirit AeroSystems an outperform vote while only 65.10% of users gave Elbit Systems an outperform vote.
Elbit Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Spirit AeroSystems. Spirit AeroSystems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Elbit Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Elbit Systems has a net margin of 5.00% compared to Spirit AeroSystems' net margin of -10.85%. Elbit Systems' return on equity of 10.26% beat Spirit AeroSystems' return on equity.
Summary
Elbit Systems beats Spirit AeroSystems on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ESLT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
Elbit Systems Competitors List
