ACHR vs. JOBY, STLA, ESLT, SARO, ERJ, LOAR, KRMN, EVEX, EH, and DCO
Should you be buying Archer Aviation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Archer Aviation include Joby Aviation (JOBY), Stellantis (STLA), Elbit Systems (ESLT), StandardAero (SARO), Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica (ERJ), Loar (LOAR), Karman (KRMN), EVE (EVEX), EHang (EH), and Ducommun (DCO).
Archer Aviation vs. Its Competitors
Archer Aviation (NYSE:ACHR) and Joby Aviation (NYSE:JOBY) are both mid-cap aircraft companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and risk.
Archer Aviation has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Joby Aviation's net margin of -447,083.78%. Joby Aviation's return on equity of -63.27% beat Archer Aviation's return on equity.
Archer Aviation has a beta of 3.1, suggesting that its stock price is 210% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Joby Aviation has a beta of 2.47, suggesting that its stock price is 147% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Archer Aviation currently has a consensus price target of $13.13, suggesting a potential upside of 29.50%. Joby Aviation has a consensus price target of $9.33, suggesting a potential downside of 11.32%. Given Archer Aviation's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Archer Aviation is more favorable than Joby Aviation.
In the previous week, Joby Aviation had 20 more articles in the media than Archer Aviation. MarketBeat recorded 51 mentions for Joby Aviation and 31 mentions for Archer Aviation. Archer Aviation's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Joby Aviation's score of 0.36 indicating that Archer Aviation is being referred to more favorably in the media.
59.3% of Archer Aviation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.9% of Joby Aviation shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.7% of Archer Aviation shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.5% of Joby Aviation 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.
Archer Aviation has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Joby Aviation. Joby Aviation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Archer Aviation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Archer Aviation beats Joby Aviation on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ACHR) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff