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$473.48 -1.01 (-0.21%)
Closing price 07/11/2025 03:58 PM Eastern
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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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Curtiss-Wright13.38% 18.02% 9.17%
BWX Technologies 10.39%30.26%10.95%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Curtiss-Wright$3.21B5.55$404.98M$11.2442.12
BWX Technologies$2.78B4.50$281.94M$3.1443.67

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Curtiss-Wright
11 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
BWX Technologies
7 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

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
BWX Technologies
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

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

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$17.82B$17.04B$26.49B$20.73B
Dividend Yield0.20%0.79%0.99%3.71%
P/E Ratio42.12130.0782.1927.84
Price / Sales5.557.036.6642.44
Price / Cash34.2344.8734.7622.63
Price / Book7.337.128.214.57
Net Income$404.98M$266.64M$369.21M$989.30M
7 Day Performance-5.43%1.18%1.93%0.20%
1 Month Performance-0.17%6.46%5.11%3.95%
1 Year Performance69.39%70.40%47.93%10.27%

Curtiss-Wright Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CW
Curtiss-Wright
3.4567 of 5 stars
$473.48
-0.2%
$418.00
-11.7%
+68.2%$17.82B$3.21B42.128,800Analyst Forecast
BWXT
BWX Technologies
3.2778 of 5 stars
$144.36
+0.8%
$135.09
-6.4%
+41.0%$13.19B$2.78B45.978,700Positive News
Analyst Forecast
HWM
Howmet Aerospace
4.2562 of 5 stars
$186.38
+0.8%
$142.13
-23.7%
+125.6%$75.24B$7.43B60.7121,400Positive News
ITT
ITT
4.431 of 5 stars
$156.93
-0.6%
$165.50
+5.5%
+19.5%$12.35B$3.63B24.9511,700News Coverage
MOG.A
Moog
2.7657 of 5 stars
$182.98
-10.7%
$220.00
+20.2%
+4.9%$5.71B$3.61B28.0813,500
PH
Parker-Hannifin
4.3354 of 5 stars
$698.99
-0.2%
$719.71
+3.0%
+35.4%$89.32B$19.79B26.9255,100Positive News
Analyst Forecast
RTX
RTX
4.3999 of 5 stars
$146.17
+1.0%
$161.12
+10.2%
+44.3%$195.28B$80.74B42.87186,000Trending News
NOC
Northrop Grumman
4.4281 of 5 stars
$500.60
+1.3%
$552.54
+10.4%
+19.1%$72.05B$41.03B19.7695,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
HEI
Heico
2.8191 of 5 stars
$328.26
+0.8%
$286.00
-12.9%
+39.3%$45.66B$3.86B76.706,500Positive News
Analyst Forecast
TDY
Teledyne Technologies
3.1898 of 5 stars
$511.82
+0.4%
$554.43
+8.3%
+34.6%$23.98B$5.67B29.2514,700Positive News
TXT
Textron
3.5018 of 5 stars
$80.36
+0.0%
$88.36
+10.0%
-3.6%$14.51B$13.70B18.2234,000News Coverage

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