HII vs. TDY, CW, TXT, KTOS, AVAV, HXL, SPR, AIR, TGI, and ATRO
Should you be buying Huntington Ingalls Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Huntington Ingalls Industries include Teledyne Technologies (TDY), Curtiss-Wright (CW), Textron (TXT), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS), AeroVironment (AVAV), Hexcel (HXL), Spirit Aerosystems (SPR), AAR (AIR), Triumph Group (TGI), and Astronics (ATRO). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.
Huntington Ingalls Industries vs. Its Competitors
Teledyne Technologies (NYSE:TDY) and Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) are both aerospace companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.
91.6% of Teledyne Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.5% of Huntington Ingalls Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Teledyne Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Huntington Ingalls Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Teledyne Technologies has a net margin of 14.37% compared to Huntington Ingalls Industries' net margin of 4.76%. Huntington Ingalls Industries' return on equity of 12.26% beat Teledyne Technologies' return on equity.
Teledyne Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $554.43, suggesting a potential upside of 7.06%. Huntington Ingalls Industries has a consensus target price of $236.38, suggesting a potential downside of 6.28%. Given Teledyne Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Teledyne Technologies is more favorable than Huntington Ingalls Industries.
Teledyne Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Huntington Ingalls Industries. Huntington Ingalls Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Teledyne Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Teledyne Technologies has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Huntington Ingalls Industries has a beta of 0.31, meaning that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Huntington Ingalls Industries had 1 more articles in the media than Teledyne Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Huntington Ingalls Industries and 21 mentions for Teledyne Technologies. Teledyne Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Huntington Ingalls Industries' score of 0.80 indicating that Teledyne Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Teledyne Technologies beats Huntington Ingalls Industries on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:HII) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
