HEICO (HEI.A) Competitors

HEICO (NYSE:HEI.A) and Elbit Systems (NASDAQ:ESLT) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HEI.A or ESLT?

Elbit Systems received 111 more outperform votes than HEICO when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.20% of users gave HEICO an outperform vote while only 65.98% of users gave Elbit Systems an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HEICO	Outperform Votes 211 67.20%	Underperform Votes 103 32.80%
Elbit Systems	Outperform Votes 322 65.98%	Underperform Votes 166 34.02%

Is HEI.A or ESLT a better dividend stock?

HEICO pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Elbit Systems pays an annual dividend of $1.99 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. HEICO pays out 5.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Elbit Systems pays out 25.3% 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. Elbit Systems has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Elbit Systems is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

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

HEICO has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Elbit Systems has a beta of 0.31, indicating that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend HEI.A or ESLT?

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
Elbit Systems	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media prefer HEI.A or ESLT?

In the previous week, HEICO had 4 more articles in the media than Elbit Systems. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for HEICO and 4 mentions for Elbit Systems. Elbit Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat HEICO's score of 0.30 indicating that Elbit Systems 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
Elbit Systems	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

HEICO has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Elbit Systems. Elbit Systems 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	7.91	$514.11M	$4.28	54.94
Elbit Systems	$7.17B	2.66	$215.13M	$7.88	54.53

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

59.0% of HEICO shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.9% of Elbit Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.8% of HEICO shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Elbit Systems shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is HEI.A or ESLT more profitable?

HEICO has a net margin of 13.33% compared to Elbit Systems' net margin of 4.00%. HEICO's return on equity of 14.63% beat Elbit Systems' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HEICO	13.33%	14.63%	6.92%
Elbit Systems	4.00%	11.34%	3.31%

Summary

HEICO beats Elbit Systems on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.