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$571.01 +12.13 (+2.17%)
Closing price 10/24/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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CW vs. BWXT, HWM, MOG.A, PH, RTX, TDG, HEI, TDY, AVAV, and TXT

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

Curtiss-Wright vs. Its Competitors

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

Curtiss-Wright pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. BWX Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Curtiss-Wright pays out 8.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BWX Technologies pays out 31.3% 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 raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years and BWX Technologies has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Curtiss-Wright has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BWX Technologies has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Curtiss-Wright has a net margin of 13.66% compared to BWX Technologies' net margin of 10.28%. BWX Technologies' return on equity of 30.61% beat Curtiss-Wright's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Curtiss-Wright13.66% 18.34% 9.35%
BWX Technologies 10.28%30.61%10.77%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Curtiss-Wright$3.31B6.51$404.98M$11.8548.19
BWX Technologies$2.86B6.48$281.94M$3.2063.46

In the previous week, BWX Technologies had 2 more articles in the media than Curtiss-Wright. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for BWX Technologies and 18 mentions for Curtiss-Wright. Curtiss-Wright's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat BWX Technologies' score of 1.28 indicating that Curtiss-Wright is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Curtiss-Wright
16 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
BWX Technologies
16 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Curtiss-Wright presently has a consensus price target of $526.00, suggesting a potential downside of 7.88%. BWX Technologies has a consensus price target of $168.08, suggesting a potential downside of 17.24%. Given Curtiss-Wright's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Curtiss-Wright is more favorable than BWX Technologies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Curtiss-Wright
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
BWX Technologies
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.79

82.7% of Curtiss-Wright shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.4% of BWX Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Curtiss-Wright shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of BWX Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Curtiss-Wright beats BWX Technologies on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CW vs. The Competition

MetricCurtiss-WrightAEROSP/DEF EQ IndustryAerospace SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$21.06B$18.84B$29.79B$22.02B
Dividend Yield0.18%0.74%0.92%3.58%
P/E Ratio48.19148.5985.7633.18
Price / Sales6.519.148.0961.71
Price / Cash40.3144.9735.5024.54
Price / Book8.849.0710.904.66
Net Income$404.98M$288.23M$379.66M$1.01B
7 Day Performance4.83%4.88%3.75%2.24%
1 Month Performance10.12%5.24%5.35%2.10%
1 Year Performance65.16%79.23%59.21%14.01%

Curtiss-Wright Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CW
Curtiss-Wright
3.5362 of 5 stars
$571.01
+2.2%
$526.00
-7.9%
+65.9%$21.06B$3.31B48.198,800Positive News
Analyst Forecast
BWXT
BWX Technologies
3.8618 of 5 stars
$208.05
+2.4%
$168.08
-19.2%
+65.9%$18.56B$2.70B65.028,700Positive News
Analyst Forecast
HWM
Howmet Aerospace
3.7769 of 5 stars
$192.59
+1.5%
$178.00
-7.6%
+97.5%$76.47B$7.43B56.3123,930Upcoming Earnings
MOG.A
Moog
N/A$206.70
+0.9%
N/A+10.6%$6.46B$3.61B24.7713,500
PH
Parker-Hannifin
4.5618 of 5 stars
$740.55
+0.9%
$789.67
+6.6%
+23.8%$92.83B$19.85B27.3157,950Positive News
Dividend Announcement
RTX
RTX
4.5739 of 5 stars
$160.63
+1.7%
$164.13
+2.2%
+42.8%$211.42B$80.74B35.30186,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
TDG
Transdigm Group
3.8831 of 5 stars
$1,303.54
+3.0%
$1,564.56
+20.0%
+1.1%$71.33B$7.94B43.2616,600Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
HEI
Heico
3.301 of 5 stars
$312.86
+1.9%
$346.09
+10.6%
+25.2%$42.74B$3.86B68.4610,000Positive News
TDY
Teledyne Technologies
4.3275 of 5 stars
$571.98
+1.7%
$585.25
+2.3%
+12.6%$26.36B$5.67B31.5014,900Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
AVAV
AeroVironment
2.4209 of 5 stars
$364.04
+3.8%
$356.07
-2.2%
+75.5%$17.51B$820.63M-568.801,475Analyst Downgrade
Gap Up
TXT
Textron
4.4476 of 5 stars
$82.35
+1.2%
$92.45
+12.3%
-0.4%$14.50B$13.70B18.6334,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast

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