Embraer (ERJ) Competitors

HEICO (NYSE:HEI.A) and Embraer (NYSE:ERJ) are both aerospace companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, risk and earnings.

Is HEI.A or ERJ more profitable?

HEICO has a net margin of 13.33% compared to Embraer's net margin of 8.24%. HEICO's return on equity of 14.63% beat Embraer's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HEICO	13.33%	14.63%	6.92%
Embraer	8.24%	11.61%	3.32%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HEI.A or ERJ?

Embraer received 228 more outperform votes than HEICO when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.20% of users gave HEICO an outperform vote while only 62.98% of users gave Embraer an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HEICO	Outperform Votes 211 67.20%	Underperform Votes 103 32.80%
Embraer	Outperform Votes 439 62.98%	Underperform Votes 258 37.02%

Do analysts rate HEI.A or ERJ?

Embraer has a consensus price target of $50.40, suggesting a potential upside of 5.39%. Given Embraer's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Embraer is more favorable than HEICO.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HEICO	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Embraer	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

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

HEICO has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Embraer. Embraer 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	7.94	$514.11M	$4.28	55.15
Embraer	$6.60B	1.33	$164M	$2.16	22.14

Do institutionals & insiders believe in HEI.A or ERJ?

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

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

HEICO has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Embraer has a beta of 1.68, meaning that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer HEI.A or ERJ?

In the previous week, Embraer had 12 more articles in the media than HEICO. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Embraer and 8 mentions for HEICO. Embraer's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat HEICO's score of 0.30 indicating that Embraer is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HEICO	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Embraer	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is HEI.A or ERJ a better dividend stock?

HEICO pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Embraer pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. HEICO pays out 5.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Embraer pays out 1.9% 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.

Summary

HEICO beats Embraer on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.