Archer Aviation (ACHR) Competitors

Archer Aviation (NYSE:ACHR) and Elbit Systems (NASDAQ:ESLT) are both aerospace companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking, risk and dividends.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ACHR or ESLT?

59.3% of Archer Aviation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.9% of Elbit Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 7.7% of Archer Aviation 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, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate ACHR or ESLT?

Archer Aviation currently has a consensus target price of $13.19, indicating a potential upside of 12.33%. Given Archer Aviation's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Archer Aviation is more favorable than Elbit Systems.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Archer Aviation	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88
Elbit Systems	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is ACHR or ESLT more profitable?

Elbit Systems has a net margin of 4.00% compared to Archer Aviation's net margin of 0.00%. Elbit Systems' return on equity of 11.34% beat Archer Aviation's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Archer Aviation	N/A	-115.19%	-81.03%
Elbit Systems	4.00%	11.34%	3.31%

Which has more volatility and risk, ACHR or ESLT?

Archer Aviation has a beta of 3.13, indicating that its stock price is 213% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Elbit Systems has a beta of 0.31, indicating that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ACHR or ESLT?

Elbit Systems received 277 more outperform votes than Archer Aviation when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.27% of users gave Archer Aviation an outperform vote while only 65.98% of users gave Elbit Systems an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Archer Aviation	Outperform Votes 45 76.27%	Underperform Votes 14 23.73%
Elbit Systems	Outperform Votes 322 65.98%	Underperform Votes 166 34.02%

Does the media favor ACHR or ESLT?

In the previous week, Archer Aviation had 20 more articles in the media than Elbit Systems. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Archer Aviation and 5 mentions for Elbit Systems. Elbit Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Archer Aviation's score of 0.63 indicating that Elbit Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Archer Aviation	12 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Elbit Systems	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better valuation & earnings, ACHR or ESLT?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Archer Aviation	N/A	N/A	-$457.90M	-$1.31	-8.96
Elbit Systems	$7.17B	2.68	$215.13M	$7.88	54.76

Summary

Elbit Systems beats Archer Aviation on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.