CW vs. HEI, TDY, TXT, HII, KTOS, AVAV, HXL, SPR, AIR, and TGI
Should you be buying Curtiss-Wright stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Curtiss-Wright include HEICO (HEI), Teledyne Technologies (TDY), Textron (TXT), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS), AeroVironment (AVAV), Hexcel (HXL), Spirit AeroSystems (SPR), AAR (AIR), and Triumph Group (TGI). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.
Curtiss-Wright vs.
HEICO (NYSE:HEI) and Curtiss-Wright (NYSE:CW) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.
HEICO has higher revenue and earnings than Curtiss-Wright. Curtiss-Wright is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HEICO, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Curtiss-Wright had 10 more articles in the media than HEICO. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Curtiss-Wright and 15 mentions for HEICO. Curtiss-Wright's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat HEICO's score of 1.24 indicating that Curtiss-Wright is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
HEICO presently has a consensus target price of $267.36, indicating a potential upside of 0.07%. Curtiss-Wright has a consensus target price of $404.29, indicating a potential downside of 2.69%. Given HEICO's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe HEICO is more favorable than Curtiss-Wright.
HEICO has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Curtiss-Wright has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
27.1% of HEICO shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of Curtiss-Wright shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.6% of HEICO shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Curtiss-Wright shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Curtiss-Wright received 82 more outperform votes than HEICO when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.02% of users gave HEICO an outperform vote while only 66.14% of users gave Curtiss-Wright an outperform vote.
HEICO pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Curtiss-Wright pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. HEICO pays out 5.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Curtiss-Wright pays out 8.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. HEICO has raised its dividend for 17 consecutive years and Curtiss-Wright has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years.
HEICO has a net margin of 13.33% compared to Curtiss-Wright's net margin of 12.98%. Curtiss-Wright's return on equity of 17.11% beat HEICO's return on equity.
Summary
HEICO beats Curtiss-Wright on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CW) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff