MOG.B vs. CW, HXL, DRS, AVAV, SPR, CAE, FTAI, KTOS, AIR, and UP
Should you be buying Moog stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Moog include Curtiss-Wright (CW), Hexcel (HXL), Leonardo DRS (DRS), AeroVironment (AVAV), Spirit AeroSystems (SPR), CAE (CAE), FTAI Aviation (FTAI), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS), AAR (AIR), and Wheels Up Experience (UP). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
Curtiss-Wright (NYSE:CW) and Moog (NYSE:MOG.B) are both mid-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and community ranking.
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 8.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Moog pays out 20.9% 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 increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
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 has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Moog has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Curtiss-Wright presently has a consensus target price of $260.25, suggesting a potential upside of 3.45%. Given Moog's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Curtiss-Wright is more favorable than Moog.
Curtiss-Wright has a net margin of 12.46% compared to Curtiss-Wright's net margin of 5.06%. Moog's return on equity of 16.61% beat Curtiss-Wright's return on equity.
82.7% of Curtiss-Wright shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.1% of Moog shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Curtiss-Wright shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Moog shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Curtiss-Wright had 7 more articles in the media than Moog. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Curtiss-Wright and 1 mentions for Moog. Curtiss-Wright's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Moog's score of 0.81 indicating that Moog is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Curtiss-Wright received 466 more outperform votes than Moog when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Moog an outperform vote while only 65.81% of users gave Curtiss-Wright an outperform vote.
Summary
Curtiss-Wright beats Moog on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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