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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. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, Cubic had 13 more articles in the media than Astronics. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Cubic and 3 mentions for Astronics. Astronics' average media sentiment score of 1.15 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
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Cubic
1 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Astronics currently has a consensus price target of $32.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.31%. Given Astronics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly 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

Cubic has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Astronics.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Astronics$795.43M1.41-$16.22M-$0.12-263.22
CubicN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Cubic has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Astronics' net margin of -0.43%. Astronics' return on equity of 18.45% beat Cubic's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Astronics-0.43% 18.45% 7.29%
Cubic N/A N/A N/A

56.7% of Astronics shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.8% of Astronics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Cubic shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Astronics beats Cubic on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CUB and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CUB vs. The Competition

MetricCubicHolding Offices Industry SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$322.65M$175.20M$1.96B$20.43B
Dividend YieldN/A5.41%13.65%3.76%
P/E RatioN/A2.4711.9927.62
Price / SalesN/A460.221,778,371.0036.40
Price / CashN/A74.781,142.4621.79
Price / BookN/A6.8110.554.52
Net IncomeN/A$3.67M-$255.16M$984.47M

Cubic Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CUB
Cubic
N/A$10.47
-0.5%
N/AN/A$322.65MN/A0.006,100
ATRO
Astronics
1.8337 of 5 stars
$33.47
+1.2%
$32.00
-4.4%
+64.7%$1.17B$795.43M-278.892,500Positive News
NPK
National Presto Industries
1.7858 of 5 stars
$96.86
+2.2%
N/A+40.5%$677.63M$388.23M16.251,126News Coverage
SYPR
Sypris Solutions
0.5085 of 5 stars
$2.07
+5.6%
N/A+7.4%$45.05M$140.18M-207.00680Gap Up
GE
GE Aerospace
4.7833 of 5 stars
$248.18
+3.7%
$221.15
-10.9%
+56.8%$255.26B$39.68B38.6053,000Positive News
Dividend Announcement
BA
Boeing
3.0499 of 5 stars
$201.38
+1.3%
$209.85
+4.2%
+12.5%$149.86B$66.52B-11.24172,000Trending News
HON
Honeywell International
4.529 of 5 stars
$224.74
+1.3%
$249.21
+10.9%
+13.2%$142.55B$38.50B25.83102,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
LMT
Lockheed Martin
4.7612 of 5 stars
$472.16
+0.3%
$541.80
+14.7%
-0.1%$110.25B$71.04B20.40121,000Positive News
Dividend Announcement
TDG
Transdigm Group
3.886 of 5 stars
$1,471.93
+2.0%
$1,519.79
+3.3%
+20.7%$81.02B$7.94B49.6916,600Trending News
GD
General Dynamics
4.7516 of 5 stars
$282.77
+1.4%
$293.00
+3.6%
+2.2%$74.82B$47.72B19.61117,000Positive News
NOC
Northrop Grumman
4.6978 of 5 stars
$499.80
+0.4%
$553.43
+10.7%
+15.8%$71.63B$41.03B19.7297,000Positive News

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This page (NYSE:CUB) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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