Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica (ERJ) Competitors

Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica (NYSE:ERJ) and Heico (NYSE:HEI.A) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and risk.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of ERJ or HEI.A?

34.7% of Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.0% of Heico shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.8% of Heico shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, ERJ or HEI.A?

Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica has a beta of 1.87, meaning that its stock price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Heico has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to ERJ or HEI.A?

In the previous week, Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica had 23 more articles in the media than Heico. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica and 4 mentions for Heico. Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Heico's score of 0.46 indicating that Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica	15 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Heico	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is ERJ or HEI.A a better dividend stock?

Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Heico pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica pays out 2.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Heico pays out 5.3% 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.

Is ERJ or HEI.A more profitable?

Heico has a net margin of 14.96% compared to Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica's net margin of 5.43%. Heico's return on equity of 16.29% beat Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica	5.43%	13.38%	3.92%
Heico	14.96%	16.29%	8.00%

Do analysts rate ERJ or HEI.A?

Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica currently has a consensus target price of $57.40, suggesting a potential downside of 1.21%. Given Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica is more favorable than Heico.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica	2 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Heico	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, ERJ or HEI.A?

Heico has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica. Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica 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
Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica	$6.93B	1.54	$352.50M	$2.05	28.34
Heico	$3.86B	9.13	$514.11M	$4.57	55.39

Summary

Heico beats Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.