ERJ vs. HEI.A, ESLT, JOBY, SARO, KRMN, LOAR, ACHR, EVEX, EH, and DCO
Should you be buying Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica include Heico (HEI.A), Elbit Systems (ESLT), Joby Aviation (JOBY), StandardAero (SARO), Karman (KRMN), Loar (LOAR), Archer Aviation (ACHR), EVE (EVEX), EHang (EH), and Ducommun (DCO). These companies are all part of the "aircraft" industry.
Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica vs. Its 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica beats Heico on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ERJ) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff