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Cubic (CUB) Competitors

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

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

Cubic vs.

Astronics (NASDAQ:ATRO) and Cubic (NYSE:CUB) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, Cubic had 6 more articles in the media than Astronics. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Cubic and 5 mentions for Astronics. Astronics' average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Cubic's score of 0.00 indicating that Astronics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Astronics
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Cubic
1 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Cubic received 21 more outperform votes than Astronics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.10% of users gave Astronics an outperform vote while only 57.10% of users gave Cubic an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AstronicsOutperform Votes
401
65.10%
Underperform Votes
215
34.90%
CubicOutperform Votes
422
57.10%
Underperform Votes
317
42.90%

Cubic has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Astronics' net margin of -0.82%. Astronics' return on equity of 6.94% beat Cubic's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Astronics-0.82% 6.94% 2.73%
Cubic N/A N/A N/A

Cubic has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Astronics.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Astronics$816.29M1.35-$26.42M-$0.12-258.75
CubicN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

56.7% of Astronics shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.8% of Astronics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Cubic shares are owned 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.

Astronics currently has a consensus target price of $21.00, suggesting a potential downside of 32.37%. Given Astronics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Astronics is more favorable than Cubic.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Astronics
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Cubic
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Summary

Astronics beats Cubic on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CUB vs. The Competition

MetricCubicHolding Offices Industry SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$314.98M$478.10M$2.57B$19.70B
Dividend YieldN/A7.56%13.04%3.84%
P/E RatioN/A2.5211.3435.13
Price / SalesN/A64.763,291,026.5936.36
Price / CashN/A69.0159.5717.51
Price / BookN/A7.083.524.78
Net IncomeN/A$35.22M-$428.08M$1.02B

Cubic Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CUB
Cubic
N/A$10.40
+1.3%
N/AN/A$314.98MN/A0.006,100
ATRO
Astronics
2.2985 of 5 stars
$29.19
+6.1%
$21.00
-28.1%
+46.0%$1.03B$816.29M-153.622,100News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
NPK
National Presto Industries
2.5972 of 5 stars
$84.53
+4.3%
N/A+6.9%$603.88M$388.23M17.80900
SYPR
Sypris Solutions
0.3956 of 5 stars
$1.60
-1.2%
N/A+23.3%$36.77M$140.18M-12.31680News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
GE
GE Aerospace
4.4004 of 5 stars
$218.73
+1.8%
$216.92
-0.8%
+47.5%$233.25B$39.68B36.52172,000Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
BA
Boeing
3.3381 of 5 stars
$198.40
+1.8%
$201.85
+1.7%
+11.2%$149.59B$69.44B-10.83156,000Trending News
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
HON
Honeywell International
4.4556 of 5 stars
$219.34
+3.0%
$242.23
+10.4%
+10.0%$140.97B$39.22B25.1897,000Positive News
LMT
Lockheed Martin
4.8601 of 5 stars
$473.12
-0.1%
$541.80
+14.5%
+1.7%$110.94B$71.81B21.25116,000
TDG
TransDigm Group
3.1015 of 5 stars
$1,415.96
+3.1%
$1,490.20
+5.2%
+8.9%$79.53B$8.39B49.9514,400News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
GD
General Dynamics
4.6975 of 5 stars
$276.45
+1.8%
$293.00
+6.0%
-6.3%$74.20B$49.21B20.27106,500News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
NOC
Northrop Grumman
4.5486 of 5 stars
$479.27
-0.7%
$545.31
+13.8%
+1.6%$68.98B$40.37B16.9195,000Positive News
Dividend Increase

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This page (NYSE:CUB) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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