Loar (LOAR) Competitors

Loar (NYSE:LOAR) and HEICO (NYSE:HEI.A) are both aerospace companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and risk.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in LOAR or HEI.A?

59.0% of HEICO shares are held by institutional investors. 9.8% of HEICO shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend LOAR or HEI.A?

Loar currently has a consensus price target of $97.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.46%. Given Loar's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Loar is more favorable than HEICO.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Loar	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
HEICO	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media prefer LOAR or HEI.A?

In the previous week, HEICO had 7 more articles in the media than Loar. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for HEICO and 1 mentions for Loar. Loar's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat HEICO's score of 0.30 indicating that Loar is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Loar	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
HEICO	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, LOAR or HEI.A?

HEICO has higher revenue and earnings than Loar. HEICO is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Loar, 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
Loar	$425.63M	18.47	$35.55M	$0.38	221.08
HEICO	$4.13B	7.91	$514.11M	$4.28	54.94

Which has more risk and volatility, LOAR or HEI.A?

Loar has a beta of 0.32, suggesting that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HEICO has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is LOAR or HEI.A more profitable?

HEICO has a net margin of 13.33% compared to Loar's net margin of 0.00%. HEICO's return on equity of 14.63% beat Loar's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Loar	N/A	N/A	N/A
HEICO	13.33%	14.63%	6.92%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LOAR or HEI.A?

HEICO received 198 more outperform votes than Loar when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.47% of users gave Loar an outperform vote while only 67.20% of users gave HEICO an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Loar	Outperform Votes 13 76.47%	Underperform Votes 4 23.53%
HEICO	Outperform Votes 211 67.20%	Underperform Votes 103 32.80%

Summary

HEICO beats Loar on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.