FTAI Aviation (FTAI) Competitors

FTAI Aviation (NYSE:FTAI) and CAE (NYSE:CAE) are both mid-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.

Does the media refer more to FTAI or CAE?

In the previous week, CAE had 17 more articles in the media than FTAI Aviation. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for CAE and 6 mentions for FTAI Aviation. FTAI Aviation's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat CAE's score of 0.43 indicating that FTAI Aviation is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
FTAI Aviation	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CAE	6 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer FTAI or CAE?

FTAI Aviation presently has a consensus target price of $54.25, indicating a potential downside of 20.85%. CAE has a consensus target price of $34.75, indicating a potential upside of 86.58%. Given CAE's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CAE is more favorable than FTAI Aviation.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FTAI Aviation	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89
CAE	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Which has more risk and volatility, FTAI or CAE?

FTAI Aviation has a beta of 1.9, suggesting that its share price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CAE has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of FTAI or CAE?

89.0% of FTAI Aviation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.4% of CAE shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of FTAI Aviation shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.3% of CAE shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FTAI or CAE?

CAE received 261 more outperform votes than FTAI Aviation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.88% of users gave CAE an outperform vote while only 62.60% of users gave FTAI Aviation an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
FTAI Aviation	Outperform Votes 303 62.60%	Underperform Votes 181 37.40%
CAE	Outperform Votes 564 62.88%	Underperform Votes 333 37.12%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, FTAI or CAE?

FTAI Aviation has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CAE. CAE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FTAI Aviation, 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
FTAI Aviation	$1.17B	5.87	$212.02M	$2.10	32.64
CAE	$3.11B	1.91	$168.47M	$0.64	29.10

Is FTAI or CAE more profitable?

FTAI Aviation has a net margin of 20.82% compared to CAE's net margin of 6.20%. FTAI Aviation's return on equity of 223.80% beat CAE's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FTAI Aviation	20.82%	223.80%	9.23%
CAE	6.20%	7.52%	3.35%

Summary

FTAI Aviation beats CAE on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.