HEICO (HEI) Competitors

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

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 4.0%. HEICO pays out 5.1% 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.

Do analysts recommend HEI or BA?

HEICO presently has a consensus target price of $279.45, suggesting a potential downside of 8.17%. Boeing has a consensus target price of $209.85, suggesting a potential upside of 2.99%. Given Boeing's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.74

Which has more volatility & risk, HEI or BA?

HEICO has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boeing has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to HEI or BA?

In the previous week, Boeing had 129 more articles in the media than HEICO. MarketBeat recorded 141 mentions for Boeing and 12 mentions for HEICO. Boeing's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat HEICO's score of 0.60 indicating that Boeing is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HEICO	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Boeing	47 Very Positive mention(s)	26 Positive mention(s)	39 Neutral mention(s)	17 Negative mention(s)	8 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HEI or BA?

Boeing received 1553 more outperform votes than HEICO when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.92% of users gave Boeing an outperform vote while only 66.71% of users gave HEICO an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HEICO	Outperform Votes 509 66.71%	Underperform Votes 254 33.29%
Boeing	Outperform Votes 2062 69.92%	Underperform Votes 887 30.08%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Boeing shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, 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	$4.13B	10.24	$514.11M	$4.28	71.10
Boeing	$69.44B	2.21	-$11.82B	-$17.92	-11.37

Summary

Boeing beats HEICO on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.