HEICO (HEI.A) Competitors

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

Is HEI.A or HEI a better dividend stock?

HEICO pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. HEICO pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. HEICO pays out 6.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HEICO pays out 5.4% 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. HEICO has raised its dividend for 17 consecutive years.

Is HEI.A or HEI more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HEICO	13.33%	14.63%	6.92%
HEICO	13.33%	14.63%	6.92%

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

HEICO received 297 more outperform votes than HEICO when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.20% of users gave HEICO an outperform vote while only 67.02% of users gave HEICO an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HEICO	Outperform Votes 211 67.20%	Underperform Votes 103 32.80%
HEICO	Outperform Votes 508 67.02%	Underperform Votes 250 32.98%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, HEI.A or HEI?

HEICO 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	$3.86B	7.39	$514.11M	$3.66	56.13
HEICO	$3.99B	8.96	$514.11M	$4.04	63.71

Do analysts rate HEI.A or HEI?

HEICO has a consensus target price of $267.36, suggesting a potential upside of 3.87%. Given HEICO's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe HEICO 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
HEICO	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.62

Does the media favor HEI.A or HEI?

In the previous week, HEICO had 10 more articles in the media than HEICO. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for HEICO and 1 mentions for HEICO. HEICO's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat HEICO's score of 0.00 indicating that HEICO is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
HEICO	Neutral
HEICO	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, HEI.A or HEI?

HEICO has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HEICO has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

59.0% of HEICO shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.1% of HEICO shares are held by institutional investors. 9.8% of HEICO shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.6% of HEICO shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

HEICO beats HEICO on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.