Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica (ERJ) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ERJ or HEI.A?

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

Is ERJ or HEI.A a better dividend stock?

Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica pays an annual dividend of $0.05 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 2.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Heico pays out 5.6% 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. Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

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

Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica has a beta of 1.72, meaning that its stock price is 72% 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.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, 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	$6.39B	1.37	$352.50M	$2.16	22.07
Heico	$3.86B	9.07	$514.11M	$4.28	58.80

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

In the previous week, Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica had 9 more articles in the media than Heico. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica and 3 mentions for Heico. Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Heico's score of 0.57 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	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Heico	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ERJ or HEI.A more profitable?

Heico has a net margin of 14.54% compared to Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica's net margin of 6.02%. Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica's return on equity of 16.43% beat Heico's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica	6.02%	16.43%	4.76%
Heico	14.54%	15.88%	7.76%

Do analysts rate ERJ or HEI.A?

Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica presently has a consensus price target of $50.40, suggesting a potential upside of 5.72%. Given Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly 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	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
Heico	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Summary

Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica beats Heico on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.