Reviewing Astronics (ATROB) & Its Peers

Astronics (OTCMKTS:ATROB) is one of 229 publicly-traded companies in the “Aerospace & Defense” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Astronics to similar businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk and dividends.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Astronics and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Astronics	$862.13 million	$29.36 million	29.41
Astronics Competitors	$8.43 billion	$569.54 million	25.13

Astronics’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Astronics. Astronics is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Volatility and Risk

Astronics has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Astronics’ competitors have a beta of 1.30, suggesting that their average share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

49.5% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are owned by institutional investors. 16.0% of Astronics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Astronics and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Astronics	8.40%	67.69%	14.23%
Astronics Competitors	-286.74%	-46.93%	-4.23%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Astronics and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Astronics	0	1	0	0	2.00
Astronics Competitors	2150	8236	12722	577	2.50

As a group, “Aerospace & Defense” companies have a potential upside of 24.66%. Given Astronics’ competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Astronics has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Summary

Astronics competitors beat Astronics on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

About Astronics

Astronics Corporation, through its subsidiaries, designs and manufactures products for the aerospace, defense, and electronics industries in the United States, rest of North America, Asia, Europe, South America, and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Aerospace and Test Systems. The Aerospace segment offers lighting and safety systems, electrical power generation systems, distribution and seat motions systems, aircraft structures, avionics products, system certification, and other products. This segment serves airframe manufacturers (OEM) that build aircraft for the commercial, military, and general aviation markets; suppliers to OEMs; and aircraft operators, such as airlines; suppliers to the aircraft operators; and branches of the U.S. Department of Defense. The Test Systems segment designs, develops, manufactures, and maintains automated test systems that support the aerospace and defense, and mass transit industries, as well as training and simulation devices for commercial and military applications. It serves OEMs and prime government contractors for electronics and military products. Astronics Corporation was incorporated in 1968 and is headquartered in East Aurora, New York.