Joby Aviation (JOBY) Competitors

Joby Aviation (NYSE:JOBY) and Elbit Systems (NASDAQ:ESLT) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, dividends, community ranking and earnings.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in JOBY or ESLT?

52.8% of Joby Aviation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.9% of Elbit Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.5% of Joby Aviation shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Elbit Systems shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer JOBY or ESLT?

In the previous week, Joby Aviation had 34 more articles in the media than Elbit Systems. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Joby Aviation and 5 mentions for Elbit Systems. Elbit Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Joby Aviation's score of 0.57 indicating that Elbit Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Joby Aviation	11 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	17 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Elbit Systems	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer JOBY or ESLT?

Elbit Systems received 289 more outperform votes than Joby Aviation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.98% of users gave Elbit Systems an outperform vote while only 56.90% of users gave Joby Aviation an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Joby Aviation	Outperform Votes 33 56.90%	Underperform Votes 25 43.10%
Elbit Systems	Outperform Votes 322 65.98%	Underperform Votes 166 34.02%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, JOBY or ESLT?

Elbit Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Joby Aviation. Joby Aviation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Elbit Systems, 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
Joby Aviation	$111K	66,197.17	-$513.05M	-$0.84	-11.05
Elbit Systems	$7.17B	2.67	$215.13M	$7.88	54.64

Do analysts prefer JOBY or ESLT?

Joby Aviation currently has a consensus price target of $9.33, indicating a potential upside of 0.57%. Given Joby Aviation's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Joby Aviation is more favorable than Elbit Systems.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Joby Aviation	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Elbit Systems	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is JOBY or ESLT more profitable?

Elbit Systems has a net margin of 4.00% compared to Joby Aviation's net margin of -42,844.57%. Elbit Systems' return on equity of 11.34% beat Joby Aviation's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Joby Aviation	-42,844.57%	-51.76%	-42.62%
Elbit Systems	4.00%	11.34%	3.31%

Which has more volatility and risk, JOBY or ESLT?

Joby Aviation has a beta of 2.39, indicating that its stock price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Elbit Systems has a beta of 0.31, indicating that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Elbit Systems beats Joby Aviation on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.