CW vs. BWXT, HWM, ITT, MOG.A, PH, RTX, NOC, HEI, TDY, 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), ITT (ITT), Moog (MOG.A), Parker-Hannifin (PH), RTX (RTX), Northrop Grumman (NOC), Heico (HEI), Teledyne Technologies (TDY), 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 investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation and media sentiment.
Curtiss-Wright has a net margin of 13.38% compared to BWX Technologies' net margin of 10.39%. BWX Technologies' return on equity of 30.26% beat Curtiss-Wright's return on equity.
Curtiss-Wright has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BWX Technologies has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, Curtiss-Wright had 6 more articles in the media than BWX Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Curtiss-Wright and 13 mentions for BWX Technologies. BWX Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Curtiss-Wright's score of 0.90 indicating that BWX Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of BWX Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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 0.7%. Curtiss-Wright pays out 8.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BWX Technologies pays out 31.8% 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 currently has a consensus target price of $418.00, suggesting a potential downside of 11.72%. BWX Technologies has a consensus target price of $137.94, suggesting a potential upside of 0.59%. Given BWX Technologies' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe BWX Technologies is more favorable than Curtiss-Wright.
Summary
Curtiss-Wright beats BWX Technologies on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CW) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff