Curtiss-Wright (CW) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, HEI or CW?

HEICO has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Curtiss-Wright has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HEI or CW?

Curtiss-Wright received 83 more outperform votes than HEICO when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.71% of users gave HEICO an outperform vote while only 66.22% of users gave Curtiss-Wright an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HEICO	Outperform Votes 509 66.71%	Underperform Votes 254 33.29%
Curtiss-Wright	Outperform Votes 592 66.22%	Underperform Votes 302 33.78%

Does the media prefer HEI or CW?

In the previous week, Curtiss-Wright had 15 more articles in the media than HEICO. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Curtiss-Wright and 14 mentions for HEICO. Curtiss-Wright's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat HEICO's score of 0.60 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	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Curtiss-Wright	13 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend HEI or CW?

HEICO presently has a consensus price target of $279.45, suggesting a potential downside of 8.81%. Curtiss-Wright has a consensus price target of $418.00, suggesting a potential downside of 11.63%. Given HEICO's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe HEICO is more favorable than Curtiss-Wright.

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

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

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 $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. HEICO pays out 5.1% 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 increased its dividend for 17 consecutive years and Curtiss-Wright has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years.

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%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, 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	$4.13B	10.31	$514.11M	$4.28	71.60
Curtiss-Wright	$3.21B	5.54	$404.98M	$11.24	42.08

Summary

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