CPI Aerostructures (NYSEAMERICAN:CVU) and Optex Systems (OTCMKTS:OPXS) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for CPI Aerostructures and Optex Systems, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score |
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CPI Aerostructures | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
Optex Systems | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
CPI Aerostructures presently has a consensus target price of $5.50, suggesting a potential upside of 24.72%. Given CPI Aerostructures' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe CPI Aerostructures is more favorable than Optex Systems.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares CPI Aerostructures and Optex Systems' revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio |
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CPI Aerostructures | $87.52 million | 0.61 | $-4,450,000.00 | N/A | N/A |
Optex Systems | $25.89 million | 0.61 | $1.83 million | N/A | N/A |
Optex Systems has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CPI Aerostructures.
Volatility & Risk
CPI Aerostructures has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Optex Systems has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares CPI Aerostructures and Optex Systems' net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets |
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CPI Aerostructures | -4.68% | N/A | -8.75% |
Optex Systems | 7.05% | 13.94% | 9.19% |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
28.9% of CPI Aerostructures shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.8% of CPI Aerostructures shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 70.1% of Optex Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Optex Systems beats CPI Aerostructures on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.