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Cubic (CUB) Competitors

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CUB vs. NPK, SYPR, GE, BA, HON, LMT, GD, NOC, TDG, and HEI

Should you be buying Cubic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cubic include National Presto Industries (NPK), Sypris Solutions (SYPR), GE Aerospace (GE), Boeing (BA), Honeywell International (HON), Lockheed Martin (LMT), General Dynamics (GD), Northrop Grumman (NOC), Transdigm Group (TDG), and Heico (HEI). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.

Cubic vs. Its Competitors

National Presto Industries (NYSE:NPK) and Cubic (NYSE:CUB) are both small-cap aerospace & defense companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.

National Presto Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Cubic.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
National Presto Industries$388.23M2.03$41.46M$5.8318.86
CubicN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

58.6% of National Presto Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.0% of National Presto Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Cubic shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Cubic had 5 more articles in the media than National Presto Industries. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Cubic and 1 mentions for National Presto Industries. National Presto Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Cubic's score of 0.00 indicating that National Presto Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
National Presto Industries
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Cubic
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

National Presto Industries has a net margin of 9.23% compared to Cubic's net margin of 0.00%. National Presto Industries' return on equity of 11.42% beat Cubic's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
National Presto Industries9.23% 11.42% 9.19%
Cubic N/A N/A N/A

Summary

National Presto Industries beats Cubic on 7 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CUB vs. The Competition

MetricCubicHolding Offices Industry SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$322.04M$232.76M$2.41B$21.55B
Dividend YieldN/A3.13%13.79%3.56%
P/E RatioN/A0.1725.6029.55
Price / SalesN/A426.9510,555.2560.16
Price / CashN/A123.7060.0218.12
Price / BookN/A6.893.304.62
Net IncomeN/A-$12.18M-$445.27M$1.00B

Cubic Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CUB
Cubic
N/A$10.53
+0.3%
N/A+5.2%$322.04MN/A0.006,100
NPK
National Presto Industries
1.7802 of 5 stars
$114.11
+1.1%
N/A+51.1%$807.18M$388.23M19.571,126
SYPR
Sypris Solutions
1.1611 of 5 stars
$2.23
-4.7%
N/A+30.5%$53.89M$140.18M-22.30680Positive News
Gap Down
GE
GE Aerospace
4.5097 of 5 stars
$300.91
-0.1%
$241.92
-19.6%
+59.1%$319.34B$38.70B41.9753,000Trending News
BA
Boeing
3.3908 of 5 stars
$212.26
-1.6%
$230.77
+8.7%
+41.6%$163.07B$66.52B-12.86172,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
HON
Honeywell International
4.8286 of 5 stars
$209.00
-0.2%
$254.00
+21.5%
+0.3%$132.93B$38.50B23.78102,000Positive News
Dividend Increase
LMT
Lockheed Martin
4.3974 of 5 stars
$480.50
+1.6%
$494.00
+2.8%
-16.3%$110.41B$71.04B27.05121,000
GD
General Dynamics
4.6098 of 5 stars
$323.05
-0.3%
$315.78
-2.2%
+10.1%$87.18B$47.72B21.68117,000Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
NOC
Northrop Grumman
4.4004 of 5 stars
$576.60
+0.6%
$588.85
+2.1%
+12.9%$82.05B$41.03B21.2597,000Positive News
TDG
Transdigm Group
4.6775 of 5 stars
$1,295.31
+1.0%
$1,599.73
+23.5%
-7.5%$72.27B$7.94B42.9916,600Positive News
HEI
Heico
3.5819 of 5 stars
$320.55
+0.6%
$346.09
+8.0%
+23.5%$44.37B$3.86B70.1410,000Positive News

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This page (NYSE:CUB) was last updated on 9/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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