HEICO (HEI.A) Competitors

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

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, 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	$2.97B	7.44	$403.60M	$3.06	52.18
HEICO	$2.97B	9.19	$403.60M	$3.06	64.40

Is HEI.A or HEI more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HEICO	13.11%	14.35%	7.12%
HEICO	13.11%	14.35%	7.12%

Is HEI.A or HEI a better dividend stock?

HEICO pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. HEICO pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. HEICO pays out 6.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HEICO pays out 6.5% 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.

Does the media prefer HEI.A or HEI?

In the previous week, HEICO had 9 more articles in the media than HEICO. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for HEICO and 0 mentions for HEICO. HEICO's average media sentiment score of 0.73 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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HEI.A or HEI?

HEICO received 277 more outperform votes than HEICO when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.41% of users gave HEICO an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave HEICO an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HEICO	Outperform Votes 211 67.41%	Underperform Votes 102 32.59%
HEICO	Outperform Votes 488 66.67%	Underperform Votes 244 33.33%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in HEI.A or HEI?

59.0% of HEICO shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.1% of HEICO shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.8% of HEICO shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.1% of HEICO shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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

HEICO has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HEICO has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend HEI.A or HEI?

HEICO has a consensus target price of $204.50, suggesting a potential upside of 3.77%. Given HEICO's 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)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
HEICO	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Summary

HEICO beats HEICO on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.