HEICO (HEI) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BA or HEI?

Boeing received 1550 more outperform votes than HEICO when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.90% of users gave Boeing an outperform vote while only 67.02% of users gave HEICO an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Boeing	Outperform Votes 2058 69.90%	Underperform Votes 886 30.10%
HEICO	Outperform Votes 508 67.02%	Underperform Votes 250 32.98%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, BA or HEI?

HEICO has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Boeing. Boeing 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
Boeing	$69.44B	2.21	-$11.82B	-$17.92	-11.35
HEICO	$3.99B	9.30	$514.11M	$4.04	66.13

Which has more risk & volatility, BA or HEI?

Boeing has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HEICO has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer BA or HEI?

Boeing presently has a consensus price target of $204.35, suggesting a potential upside of 0.47%. HEICO has a consensus price target of $267.36, suggesting a potential upside of 0.07%. Given Boeing's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Boeing is more favorable than HEICO.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Boeing	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
HEICO	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.62

Is BA or HEI more profitable?

HEICO has a net margin of 13.33% compared to Boeing's net margin of -17.76%. HEICO's return on equity of 14.63% beat Boeing's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Boeing	-17.76%	N/A	-9.19%
HEICO	13.33%	14.63%	6.92%

Is BA or HEI a better dividend stock?

Boeing pays an annual dividend of $8.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. HEICO pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Boeing pays out -45.9% 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 increased its dividend for 17 consecutive years. Boeing is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media refer more to BA or HEI?

In the previous week, Boeing had 121 more articles in the media than HEICO. MarketBeat recorded 136 mentions for Boeing and 15 mentions for HEICO. HEICO's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Boeing's score of 0.71 indicating that HEICO is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Boeing	59 Very Positive mention(s)	26 Positive mention(s)	20 Neutral mention(s)	8 Negative mention(s)	12 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
HEICO	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BA or HEI?

64.8% of Boeing shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.1% of HEICO shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Boeing shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.6% of HEICO shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Boeing beats HEICO on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.