HXL vs. CW, CAE, AJRD, ESLT, SPR, HII, MOG.B, ERJ, FTAI, and AVAV
Should you be buying Hexcel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hexcel include Curtiss-Wright (CW), CAE (CAE), Aerojet Rocketdyne (AJRD), Elbit Systems (ESLT), Spirit AeroSystems (SPR), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Moog (MOG.B), Embraer (ERJ), FTAI Aviation (FTAI), and AeroVironment (AVAV). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
Hexcel vs.
Curtiss-Wright (NYSE:CW) and Hexcel (NYSE:HXL) are both mid-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability.
Curtiss-Wright has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hexcel has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Curtiss-Wright had 6 more articles in the media than Hexcel. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Curtiss-Wright and 5 mentions for Hexcel. Hexcel's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Curtiss-Wright's score of 0.53 indicating that Hexcel is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Curtiss-Wright has a net margin of 11.51% compared to Hexcel's net margin of 8.01%. Curtiss-Wright's return on equity of 16.56% beat Hexcel's return on equity.
85.0% of Curtiss-Wright shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.9% of Hexcel shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Curtiss-Wright shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Hexcel shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Curtiss-Wright has higher revenue and earnings than Hexcel. Curtiss-Wright is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hexcel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Curtiss-Wright pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Hexcel pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Curtiss-Wright pays out 10.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hexcel pays out 33.8% 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. Curtiss-Wright has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Hexcel has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Curtiss-Wright presently has a consensus target price of $179.80, indicating a potential upside of 3.62%. Hexcel has a consensus target price of $66.13, indicating a potential downside of 4.42%. Given Curtiss-Wright's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Curtiss-Wright is more favorable than Hexcel.
Hexcel received 2 more outperform votes than Curtiss-Wright when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.30% of users gave Hexcel an outperform vote while only 64.93% of users gave Curtiss-Wright an outperform vote.
Summary
Curtiss-Wright beats Hexcel on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding HXL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
