Curtiss-Wright (CW) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, HEI or CW?

HEICO has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Curtiss-Wright has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HEI or CW?

Curtiss-Wright received 80 more outperform votes than HEICO when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.02% of users gave HEICO an outperform vote while only 66.07% of users gave Curtiss-Wright an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HEICO	Outperform Votes 508 67.02%	Underperform Votes 250 32.98%
Curtiss-Wright	Outperform Votes 588 66.07%	Underperform Votes 302 33.93%

Does the media refer more to HEI or CW?

In the previous week, Curtiss-Wright had 12 more articles in the media than HEICO. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Curtiss-Wright and 10 mentions for HEICO. Curtiss-Wright's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat HEICO's score of 1.02 indicating that Curtiss-Wright is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HEICO	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Curtiss-Wright	17 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of HEI or CW?

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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Curtiss-Wright shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend HEI or CW?

HEICO presently has a consensus target price of $267.36, indicating a potential upside of 2.13%. Curtiss-Wright has a consensus target price of $377.43, indicating a potential upside of 5.34%. Given Curtiss-Wright's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Curtiss-Wright is more favorable than HEICO.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HEICO	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.62
Curtiss-Wright	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Is HEI or CW a better dividend stock?

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 $0.84 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 8.0% 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. HEICO has increased its dividend for 17 consecutive years.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, HEI or CW?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
HEICO	$3.99B	9.11	$514.11M	$4.04	64.80
Curtiss-Wright	$3.12B	4.32	$404.98M	$10.55	33.96

Is HEI or CW more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HEICO	13.33%	14.63%	6.92%
Curtiss-Wright	12.98%	17.11%	8.70%

Summary

HEICO beats Curtiss-Wright on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.