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$479.85 -4.50 (-0.93%)
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CW vs. HWM, ITT, MOG.A, PH, RTX, HEI, TDY, TXT, AVAV, and HII

Should you be buying Curtiss-Wright stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Curtiss-Wright include Howmet Aerospace (HWM), ITT (ITT), Moog (MOG.A), Parker-Hannifin (PH), RTX (RTX), Heico (HEI), Teledyne Technologies (TDY), Textron (TXT), AeroVironment (AVAV), and Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII).

Curtiss-Wright vs. Its Competitors

Curtiss-Wright (NYSE:CW) and Howmet Aerospace (NYSE:HWM) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk and analyst recommendations.

82.7% of Curtiss-Wright shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.5% of Howmet Aerospace shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Curtiss-Wright shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Howmet Aerospace shares are held by company 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.

Howmet Aerospace has higher revenue and earnings than Curtiss-Wright. Curtiss-Wright is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Howmet Aerospace, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Curtiss-Wright$3.31B5.47$404.98M$11.8540.49
Howmet Aerospace$7.43B9.27$1.16B$3.4249.94

Howmet Aerospace has a net margin of 18.09% compared to Curtiss-Wright's net margin of 13.66%. Howmet Aerospace's return on equity of 28.17% beat Curtiss-Wright's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Curtiss-Wright13.66% 18.34% 9.35%
Howmet Aerospace 18.09%28.17%12.26%

In the previous week, Howmet Aerospace had 20 more articles in the media than Curtiss-Wright. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Howmet Aerospace and 15 mentions for Curtiss-Wright. Howmet Aerospace's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Curtiss-Wright's score of 1.34 indicating that Howmet Aerospace is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Curtiss-Wright
13 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Howmet Aerospace
30 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Curtiss-Wright pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Howmet Aerospace pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Curtiss-Wright pays out 8.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Howmet Aerospace pays out 14.0% 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. Curtiss-Wright has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years and Howmet Aerospace has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years.

Curtiss-Wright currently has a consensus price target of $468.14, suggesting a potential downside of 2.44%. Howmet Aerospace has a consensus price target of $172.13, suggesting a potential upside of 0.78%. Given Howmet Aerospace's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Howmet Aerospace is more favorable than Curtiss-Wright.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Curtiss-Wright
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71
Howmet Aerospace
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78

Curtiss-Wright has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Howmet Aerospace has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Howmet Aerospace beats Curtiss-Wright on 16 of the 19 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 CW 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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CW vs. The Competition

MetricCurtiss-WrightAEROSP/DEF EQ IndustryAerospace SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$18.08B$16.89B$26.89B$21.17B
Dividend Yield0.20%0.79%0.97%3.59%
P/E Ratio40.49130.1578.1429.17
Price / Sales5.477.326.9254.97
Price / Cash34.6640.0431.9123.84
Price / Book6.676.628.365.45
Net Income$404.98M$268.43M$370.06M$992.10M
7 Day Performance-1.62%0.85%0.87%2.60%
1 Month Performance1.04%1.58%-0.46%2.50%
1 Year Performance57.68%69.75%45.06%13.03%

Curtiss-Wright Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CW
Curtiss-Wright
3.2351 of 5 stars
$479.85
-0.9%
$468.14
-2.4%
+60.7%$18.08B$3.31B40.498,800Positive News
Insider Trade
Short Interest ↑
HWM
Howmet Aerospace
4.3878 of 5 stars
$179.77
-0.5%
$172.13
-4.2%
+80.1%$72.87B$7.43B56.1323,930News Coverage
Positive News
ITT
ITT
4.3291 of 5 stars
$165.75
+0.0%
$179.22
+8.1%
+21.9%$12.92B$3.63B27.3811,700Positive News
Short Interest ↓
MOG.A
Moog
2.8228 of 5 stars
$187.88
-8.3%
$220.00
+17.1%
+1.8%$6.00B$3.61B23.0313,500
PH
Parker-Hannifin
4.7032 of 5 stars
$730.89
+0.4%
$763.00
+4.4%
+25.0%$92.99B$19.85B26.6061,120Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
RTX
RTX
4.2598 of 5 stars
$154.84
0.0%
$158.67
+2.5%
+33.3%$207.29B$80.74B25.72186,000Short Interest ↑
HEI
Heico
2.8695 of 5 stars
$312.22
-0.4%
$301.45
-3.4%
+26.0%$43.59B$3.86B73.2210,000News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
TDY
Teledyne Technologies
3.2525 of 5 stars
$541.83
-0.8%
$576.57
+6.4%
+29.3%$25.60B$5.67B26.2814,900News Coverage
Positive News
TXT
Textron
4.7411 of 5 stars
$77.58
+0.7%
$92.67
+19.4%
-10.4%$13.73B$13.70B13.8334,000Positive News
AVAV
AeroVironment
3.8421 of 5 stars
$244.44
-1.2%
$283.55
+16.0%
+24.9%$12.21B$820.63M75.671,475Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
HII
Huntington Ingalls Industries
4.4586 of 5 stars
$266.74
+0.8%
$258.88
-2.9%
-1.9%$10.39B$11.54B19.8144,000News Coverage
Analyst Revision

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