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Moog (MOG.A) Competitors

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MOG.A vs. CW, TXT, AVAV, HII, KTOS, HXL, SPR, AIR, TGI, and ATRO

Should you be buying Moog stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Moog include Curtiss-Wright (CW), Textron (TXT), AeroVironment (AVAV), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS), Hexcel (HXL), Spirit Aerosystems (SPR), AAR (AIR), Triumph Group (TGI), and Astronics (ATRO). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.

Moog vs. Its Competitors

Moog (NYSE:MOG.A) and Curtiss-Wright (NYSE:CW) are both aerospace companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment and dividends.

In the previous week, Curtiss-Wright had 20 more articles in the media than Moog. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Curtiss-Wright and 1 mentions for Moog. Curtiss-Wright's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Moog's score of 0.00 indicating that Curtiss-Wright is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Moog Neutral
Curtiss-Wright Positive

Curtiss-Wright has a net margin of 13.38% compared to Moog's net margin of 5.67%. Curtiss-Wright's return on equity of 18.02% beat Moog's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Moog5.67% 14.20% 6.23%
Curtiss-Wright 13.38%18.02%9.17%

Moog has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Curtiss-Wright has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Moog currently has a consensus target price of $220.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.08%. Curtiss-Wright has a consensus target price of $467.14, suggesting a potential downside of 5.39%. Given Moog's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Moog is more favorable than Curtiss-Wright.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Moog
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.50
Curtiss-Wright
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

88.0% of Moog shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of Curtiss-Wright shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Moog shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Curtiss-Wright shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Moog pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Curtiss-Wright pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Moog pays out 17.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Curtiss-Wright pays out 8.5% 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 8 consecutive years.

Curtiss-Wright has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Moog. Moog is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Curtiss-Wright, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Moog$3.61B1.67$207.22M$6.5729.10
Curtiss-Wright$3.12B5.96$404.98M$11.2443.93

Summary

Curtiss-Wright beats Moog on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MOG.A and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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.
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MOG.A vs. The Competition

MetricMoogAEROSP/DEF EQ IndustryAerospace SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.10B$17.64B$27.48B$20.69B
Dividend Yield0.60%0.76%0.96%3.67%
P/E Ratio29.01128.5373.5029.07
Price / Sales1.677.146.6357.23
Price / Cash17.9347.0936.1022.84
Price / Book3.107.408.844.43
Net Income$207.22M$265.73M$368.78M$994.22M

Moog Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MOG.A
Moog
2.9181 of 5 stars
$191.17
-6.7%
$220.00
+15.1%
+0.8%$6.10B$3.61B29.0113,500Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
CW
Curtiss-Wright
4.0137 of 5 stars
$481.28
-1.4%
$467.14
-2.9%
+69.8%$18.37B$3.12B42.828,800Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
TXT
Textron
4.3945 of 5 stars
$84.65
-0.4%
$89.33
+5.5%
-14.7%$15.35B$13.70B19.2034,000Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Short Interest ↑
AVAV
AeroVironment
3.0453 of 5 stars
$272.18
-0.7%
$268.00
-1.5%
+49.2%$13.52B$820.63M175.601,475Positive News
Gap Down
HII
Huntington Ingalls Industries
4.3304 of 5 stars
$252.96
-0.6%
$251.38
-0.6%
+0.8%$9.99B$11.54B18.2344,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
KTOS
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
3.5287 of 5 stars
$58.78
-0.6%
$47.58
-19.0%
+157.4%$9.07B$1.14B452.194,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Insider Trade
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
HXL
Hexcel
2.5724 of 5 stars
$60.12
-0.6%
$59.22
-1.5%
-7.6%$4.86B$1.90B30.865,894Analyst Forecast
SPR
Spirit Aerosystems
1.3853 of 5 stars
$40.67
+0.3%
$38.63
-5.0%
+10.6%$4.76B$6.32B0.0020,370Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
AIR
AAR
3.1539 of 5 stars
$80.55
-3.7%
$83.75
+4.0%
+15.5%$3.02B$2.78B244.085,700
TGI
Triumph Group
2.5141 of 5 stars
$25.87
-0.1%
$20.63
-20.3%
+58.6%$2.01B$1.26B29.083,696Upcoming Earnings
ATRO
Astronics
3.4924 of 5 stars
$34.60
+0.1%
$49.00
+41.6%
+57.0%$1.22B$795.43M-288.312,500Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down

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This page (NYSE:MOG.A) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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