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$39.02 -0.38 (-0.96%)
Closing price 08/1/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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SPR vs. BA, HII, LDOS, RTX, CW, TXT, AVAV, KTOS, HXL, and AIR

Should you be buying Spirit Aerosystems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Spirit Aerosystems include Boeing (BA), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Leidos (LDOS), RTX (RTX), Curtiss-Wright (CW), Textron (TXT), AeroVironment (AVAV), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS), Hexcel (HXL), and AAR (AIR).

Spirit Aerosystems vs. Its Competitors

Spirit Aerosystems (NYSE:SPR) and Boeing (NYSE:BA) are both aerospace companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

93.6% of Spirit Aerosystems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.8% of Boeing shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Spirit Aerosystems shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Boeing shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Boeing has a net margin of -14.18% compared to Spirit Aerosystems' net margin of -34.81%.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Spirit Aerosystems-34.81% N/A -24.58%
Boeing -14.18%N/A -7.78%

Spirit Aerosystems presently has a consensus price target of $38.63, suggesting a potential downside of 1.01%. Boeing has a consensus price target of $228.90, suggesting a potential upside of 3.14%. Given Boeing's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Boeing is more favorable than Spirit Aerosystems.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Spirit Aerosystems
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Boeing
2 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.84

In the previous week, Boeing had 162 more articles in the media than Spirit Aerosystems. MarketBeat recorded 169 mentions for Boeing and 7 mentions for Spirit Aerosystems. Spirit Aerosystems' average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Boeing's score of 0.50 indicating that Spirit Aerosystems is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Spirit Aerosystems
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Boeing
67 Very Positive mention(s)
18 Positive mention(s)
34 Neutral mention(s)
20 Negative mention(s)
17 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Spirit Aerosystems has a beta of 1.7, indicating that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boeing has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Spirit Aerosystems$6.32B0.72-$2.14B-$18.22-2.14
Boeing$66.52B2.52-$11.82B-$16.51-13.44

Summary

Boeing beats Spirit Aerosystems on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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SPR vs. The Competition

MetricSpirit AerosystemsAEROSP/DEF EQ IndustryAerospace SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.62B$17.64B$27.47B$20.68B
Dividend YieldN/A0.76%0.97%3.67%
P/E Ratio-2.14128.5373.5029.07
Price / Sales0.727.086.5966.27
Price / CashN/A47.0936.1022.84
Price / Book-1.757.408.844.43
Net Income-$2.14B$265.73M$368.78M$994.22M
7 Day Performance-4.68%-1.74%-3.25%-3.35%
1 Month Performance1.47%3.45%2.29%-2.06%
1 Year Performance13.79%83.16%54.47%10.15%

Spirit Aerosystems Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SPR
Spirit Aerosystems
1.4123 of 5 stars
$39.02
-1.0%
$38.63
-1.0%
+10.6%$4.62B$6.32B-2.1420,370Upcoming Earnings
BA
Boeing
3.0127 of 5 stars
$229.20
-0.1%
$221.55
-3.3%
+24.5%$172.82B$66.52B-12.79172,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
HII
Huntington Ingalls Industries
4.3366 of 5 stars
$252.96
-0.6%
$251.38
-0.6%
+0.8%$9.93B$11.46B18.2344,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Upgrade
LDOS
Leidos
4.8399 of 5 stars
$160.76
-1.1%
$175.15
+9.0%
+10.0%$20.69B$16.93B16.1748,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
RTX
RTX
4.4657 of 5 stars
$151.80
+0.2%
$164.28
+8.2%
+34.4%$202.79B$80.74B44.52186,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
CW
Curtiss-Wright
4.0325 of 5 stars
$481.28
-1.4%
$467.14
-2.9%
+69.8%$18.12B$3.12B42.828,800News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
TXT
Textron
4.4009 of 5 stars
$84.65
-0.4%
$89.33
+5.5%
-14.7%$15.28B$13.70B19.2034,000Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Short Interest ↑
AVAV
AeroVironment
3.0754 of 5 stars
$272.18
-0.7%
$268.00
-1.5%
+49.2%$13.43B$820.63M175.601,475Gap Down
KTOS
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
3.5491 of 5 stars
$58.78
-0.6%
$47.58
-19.0%
+157.4%$9.02B$1.14B452.194,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Insider Trade
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
HXL
Hexcel
2.6036 of 5 stars
$60.12
-0.6%
$59.22
-1.5%
-7.6%$4.83B$1.90B39.815,894Analyst Forecast
AIR
AAR
3.0232 of 5 stars
$80.55
-3.7%
$83.75
+4.0%
+15.5%$2.91B$2.78B244.085,700

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