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HEI vs. BA, HON, LMT, TDG, GD, NOC, TDY, CW, TXT, and HII

Should you be buying HEICO stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HEICO include Boeing (BA), Honeywell International (HON), Lockheed Martin (LMT), TransDigm Group (TDG), General Dynamics (GD), Northrop Grumman (NOC), Teledyne Technologies (TDY), Curtiss-Wright (CW), Textron (TXT), and Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.

HEICO vs.

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.

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BoeingOutperform Votes
2058
69.90%
Underperform Votes
886
30.10%
HEICOOutperform Votes
508
67.02%
Underperform Votes
250
32.98%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Boeing$69.44B2.21-$11.82B-$17.92-11.35
HEICO$3.99B9.30$514.11M$4.0466.13

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.

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

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%

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.

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

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.

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HEI vs. The Competition

MetricHEICOAircraft engines & engine parts IndustryAerospace SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$37.18B$56.58B$21.48B$19.19B
Dividend Yield0.08%1.02%1.18%3.83%
P/E Ratio73.1138.9848.4734.25
Price / Sales9.313.785.7634.59
Price / Cash45.4128.4729.9017.51
Price / Book10.045.365.914.66
Net Income$514.11M$1.92B$326.81M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-4.11%-4.52%-1.64%-2.97%
1 Month Performance10.23%11.83%16.88%5.65%
1 Year Performance23.86%32.08%32.16%5.31%

HEICO Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HEI
HEICO
2.532 of 5 stars
$267.39
+0.1%
$267.36
0.0%
+23.8%$37.14B$3.99B73.046,500Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
BA
Boeing
3.2673 of 5 stars
$205.21
-0.3%
$204.35
-0.4%
+9.2%$154.73B$69.44B-11.20156,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
HON
Honeywell International
4.7159 of 5 stars
$224.94
+0.9%
$245.23
+9.0%
+10.3%$144.57B$39.22B25.8397,000Trending News
Analyst Revision
LMT
Lockheed Martin
4.8333 of 5 stars
$472.51
+0.9%
$541.80
+14.7%
+0.2%$110.71B$71.81B21.23116,000
TDG
TransDigm Group
3.027 of 5 stars
$1,438.79
+1.1%
$1,490.20
+3.6%
+6.1%$80.81B$8.39B50.7514,400Positive News
Insider Trade
GD
General Dynamics
4.6513 of 5 stars
$281.17
+0.2%
$293.00
+4.2%
-7.1%$75.46B$49.21B20.61106,500Analyst Revision
NOC
Northrop Grumman
4.4829 of 5 stars
$470.46
-0.6%
$545.31
+15.9%
-0.4%$67.71B$40.37B16.6095,000Positive News
Dividend Increase
TDY
Teledyne Technologies
3.596 of 5 stars
$496.62
-0.5%
$542.50
+9.2%
+19.2%$23.27B$5.77B28.8214,700Positive News
CW
Curtiss-Wright
3.4933 of 5 stars
$418.01
+1.9%
$377.43
-9.7%
+48.2%$15.74B$3.21B39.628,100Analyst Forecast
TXT
Textron
3.7681 of 5 stars
$76.42
-0.3%
$87.70
+14.8%
-17.5%$13.80B$13.87B17.7334,000Positive News
HII
Huntington Ingalls Industries
4.0026 of 5 stars
$229.18
-0.4%
$244.56
+6.7%
-11.8%$8.99B$11.46B16.4243,000

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This page (NYSE:HEI) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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