MOG.A vs. CW, MOG.B, HXL, DRS, AVAV, CAE, SPR, FTAI, KTOS, and AIR
Should you be buying Moog stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Moog include Curtiss-Wright (CW), Moog (MOG.B), Hexcel (HXL), Leonardo DRS (DRS), AeroVironment (AVAV), CAE (CAE), Spirit AeroSystems (SPR), FTAI Aviation (FTAI), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS), and AAR (AIR). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
Curtiss-Wright (NYSE:CW) and Moog (NYSE:MOG.A) are both aerospace companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.
82.7% of Curtiss-Wright shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of Moog shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Curtiss-Wright shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Moog shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Curtiss-Wright had 24 more articles in the media than Moog. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Curtiss-Wright and 1 mentions for Moog. Moog's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Curtiss-Wright's score of 0.00 indicating that Curtiss-Wright is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Curtiss-Wright has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Moog. Curtiss-Wright is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Moog, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Curtiss-Wright presently has a consensus price target of $277.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.29%. Moog has a consensus price target of $141.50, indicating a potential downside of 13.38%. Given Moog's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Curtiss-Wright is more favorable than Moog.
Curtiss-Wright has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Moog has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Curtiss-Wright pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Moog pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Curtiss-Wright pays out 8.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Moog pays out 19.0% 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 3 consecutive years.
Curtiss-Wright received 338 more outperform votes than Moog when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.86% of users gave Curtiss-Wright an outperform vote while only 55.40% of users gave Moog an outperform vote.
Curtiss-Wright has a net margin of 12.78% compared to Curtiss-Wright's net margin of 5.41%. Moog's return on equity of 16.79% beat Curtiss-Wright's return on equity.
Summary
Curtiss-Wright beats Moog on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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