Joby Aviation (JOBY) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ESLT or JOBY?

17.9% of Elbit Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.8% of Joby Aviation shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Elbit Systems shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 32.4% of Joby Aviation shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, ESLT or JOBY?

Elbit Systems has a beta of 0.32, indicating that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Joby Aviation has a beta of 2.35, indicating that its stock price is 135% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate ESLT or JOBY?

Joby Aviation has a consensus target price of $8.58, indicating a potential upside of 27.73%. Given Joby Aviation's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Joby Aviation is more favorable than Elbit Systems.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Elbit Systems	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Joby Aviation	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media favor ESLT or JOBY?

In the previous week, Joby Aviation had 20 more articles in the media than Elbit Systems. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Joby Aviation and 6 mentions for Elbit Systems. Elbit Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Joby Aviation's score of 0.67 indicating that Elbit Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Elbit Systems	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Joby Aviation	9 Very Positive mention(s)	9 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better valuation & earnings, ESLT or JOBY?

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
Elbit Systems	$6.83B	2.65	$215.13M	$7.18	56.64
Joby Aviation	$136K	38,927.43	-$513.05M	-$0.87	-7.72

Is ESLT or JOBY 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
Elbit Systems	4.00%	11.34%	3.31%
Joby Aviation	-42,844.57%	-51.76%	-42.62%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ESLT or JOBY?

Elbit Systems received 293 more outperform votes than Joby Aviation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.98% of users gave Elbit Systems an outperform vote while only 54.72% of users gave Joby Aviation an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Elbit Systems	Outperform Votes 322 65.98%	Underperform Votes 166 34.02%
Joby Aviation	Outperform Votes 29 54.72%	Underperform Votes 24 45.28%

Summary

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