HEICO (HEI) Competitors

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

Which has better valuation and earnings, HEI or BA?

HEICO has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
HEICO	$3.99B	9.13	$514.11M	$4.04	64.93
Boeing	$69.44B	2.01	-$11.82B	-$17.92	-10.35

Which has more risk & volatility, HEI or BA?

HEICO has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boeing has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer HEI or BA?

HEICO presently has a consensus price target of $267.36, indicating a potential upside of 1.93%. Boeing has a consensus price target of $200.90, indicating a potential upside of 8.31%. 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
HEICO	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.62
Boeing	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HEI or BA?

Boeing received 1545 more outperform votes than HEICO when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.00% of users gave Boeing an outperform vote while only 67.02% of users gave HEICO an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HEICO	Outperform Votes 508 67.02%	Underperform Votes 250 32.98%
Boeing	Outperform Votes 2053 70.00%	Underperform Votes 880 30.00%

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

27.1% of HEICO shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.8% of Boeing shares are held by institutional investors. 9.6% of HEICO shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Boeing shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer HEI or BA?

In the previous week, Boeing had 97 more articles in the media than HEICO. MarketBeat recorded 107 mentions for Boeing and 10 mentions for HEICO. HEICO's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Boeing's score of 0.53 indicating that HEICO is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HEICO	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Boeing	44 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	26 Neutral mention(s)	14 Negative mention(s)	9 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is HEI or BA 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
HEICO	13.33%	14.63%	6.92%
Boeing	-17.76%	N/A	-9.19%

Is HEI or BA a better dividend stock?

HEICO pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Boeing pays an annual dividend of $8.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. HEICO pays out 5.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Boeing pays out -45.9% 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. Boeing is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

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