SPR vs. CW, TXT, HII, KTOS, AVAV, HXL, AIR, TGI, ATRO, and NPK
Should you be buying Spirit AeroSystems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Spirit AeroSystems include Curtiss-Wright (CW), Textron (TXT), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS), AeroVironment (AVAV), Hexcel (HXL), AAR (AIR), Triumph Group (TGI), Astronics (ATRO), and National Presto Industries (NPK). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.
Spirit AeroSystems vs.
Curtiss-Wright (NYSE:CW) and Spirit AeroSystems (NYSE:SPR) are both aerospace companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Curtiss-Wright has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spirit AeroSystems has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
82.7% of Curtiss-Wright shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.6% of Spirit AeroSystems shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Curtiss-Wright shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Spirit AeroSystems 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.
Curtiss-Wright has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Spirit AeroSystems. Spirit AeroSystems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Curtiss-Wright, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Curtiss-Wright has a net margin of 12.98% compared to Spirit AeroSystems' net margin of -22.39%. Curtiss-Wright's return on equity of 17.11% beat Spirit AeroSystems' return on equity.
Curtiss-Wright pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Spirit AeroSystems pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Curtiss-Wright pays out 8.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Spirit AeroSystems pays out -0.2% 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 8 consecutive years. Curtiss-Wright is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Spirit AeroSystems received 264 more outperform votes than Curtiss-Wright when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.22% of users gave Curtiss-Wright an outperform vote while only 62.62% of users gave Spirit AeroSystems an outperform vote.
Curtiss-Wright presently has a consensus price target of $418.00, suggesting a potential downside of 8.52%. Spirit AeroSystems has a consensus price target of $36.56, suggesting a potential downside of 4.82%. Given Spirit AeroSystems' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Spirit AeroSystems is more favorable than Curtiss-Wright.
In the previous week, Curtiss-Wright had 15 more articles in the media than Spirit AeroSystems. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Curtiss-Wright and 6 mentions for Spirit AeroSystems. Spirit AeroSystems' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Curtiss-Wright's score of 0.79 indicating that Spirit AeroSystems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Curtiss-Wright beats Spirit AeroSystems on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SPR) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
