New Horizon Aircraft (HOVR) Competitors

CPI Aerostructures (NYSE:CVU) and New Horizon Aircraft (NASDAQ:HOVR) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.

Is CVU or HOVR more profitable?

CPI Aerostructures has a net margin of 20.63% compared to New Horizon Aircraft's net margin of 0.00%. CPI Aerostructures' return on equity of 13.98% beat New Horizon Aircraft's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CPI Aerostructures	20.63%	13.98%	4.61%
New Horizon Aircraft	N/A	-104.57%	185.73%

Does the media prefer CVU or HOVR?

In the previous week, New Horizon Aircraft had 2 more articles in the media than CPI Aerostructures. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for New Horizon Aircraft and 3 mentions for CPI Aerostructures. CPI Aerostructures' average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat New Horizon Aircraft's score of 0.60 indicating that CPI Aerostructures is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CPI Aerostructures	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
New Horizon Aircraft	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend CVU or HOVR?

New Horizon Aircraft has a consensus target price of $2.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.79%. Given New Horizon Aircraft's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe New Horizon Aircraft is more favorable than CPI Aerostructures.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CPI Aerostructures	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
New Horizon Aircraft	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50

Which has more risk & volatility, CVU or HOVR?

CPI Aerostructures has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, New Horizon Aircraft has a beta of 2.64, indicating that its share price is 164% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CVU or HOVR?

CPI Aerostructures has higher revenue and earnings than New Horizon Aircraft.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CPI Aerostructures	$77.40M	0.56	$17.20M	$0.15	22.33
New Horizon Aircraft	N/A	N/A	-$8.16M	N/A	N/A

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of CVU or HOVR?

26.0% of CPI Aerostructures shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.0% of New Horizon Aircraft shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.4% of CPI Aerostructures shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.1% of New Horizon Aircraft shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

New Horizon Aircraft beats CPI Aerostructures on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.