HXL vs. MOG.B, DRS, CAE, AVAV, SPR, FTAI, KTOS, AIR, UP, and RKLB
Should you be buying Hexcel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hexcel include Moog (MOG.B), Leonardo DRS (DRS), CAE (CAE), AeroVironment (AVAV), Spirit AeroSystems (SPR), FTAI Aviation (FTAI), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS), AAR (AIR), Wheels Up Experience (UP), and Rocket Lab USA (RKLB). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
Moog (NYSE:MOG.B) and Hexcel (NYSE:HXL) are both mid-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
8.1% of Moog shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Hexcel shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Moog shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Hexcel shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Hexcel had 30 more articles in the media than Moog. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Hexcel and 2 mentions for Moog. Moog's average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat Hexcel's score of 0.10 indicating that Hexcel is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hexcel received 451 more outperform votes than Moog when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Moog an outperform vote while only 64.75% of users gave Hexcel an outperform vote.
Hexcel has a net margin of 5.52% compared to Hexcel's net margin of 5.06%. Hexcel's return on equity of 12.62% beat Moog's return on equity.
Moog has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hexcel has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Moog has higher revenue and earnings than Hexcel. Moog is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hexcel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hexcel has a consensus price target of $76.57, indicating a potential upside of 21.06%. Given Moog's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hexcel is more favorable than Moog.
Moog pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Hexcel pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Moog pays out 20.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hexcel pays out 51.3% 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. Hexcel has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Hexcel is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Hexcel beats Moog on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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