Reviewing Curtiss-Wright (NYSE:CW) and ZOOZ Power (NASDAQ:ZOOZ)

Curtiss-Wright (NYSE:CW) and ZOOZ Power (NASDAQ:ZOOZ) are both aerospace companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.

Volatility and Risk

Curtiss-Wright has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ZOOZ Power has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Curtiss-Wright and ZOOZ Power, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Curtiss-Wright	0	2	5	0	2.71
ZOOZ Power	0	0	1	1	3.50

Curtiss-Wright currently has a consensus target price of $386.86, indicating a potential upside of 16.77%. ZOOZ Power has a consensus target price of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 195.86%. Given ZOOZ Power’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ZOOZ Power is more favorable than Curtiss-Wright.

Profitability

This table compares Curtiss-Wright and ZOOZ Power’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Curtiss-Wright	12.98%	17.11%	8.70%
ZOOZ Power	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional and Insider Ownership

82.7% of Curtiss-Wright shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.1% of ZOOZ Power shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Curtiss-Wright shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 56.1% of ZOOZ Power shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Curtiss-Wright and ZOOZ Power”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Curtiss-Wright	$3.12 billion	4.00	$404.98 million	$10.55	31.40
ZOOZ Power	$1.04 million	19.59	-$11.76 million	N/A	N/A

Curtiss-Wright has higher revenue and earnings than ZOOZ Power.

Summary

Curtiss-Wright beats ZOOZ Power on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Curtiss-Wright

Curtiss-Wright Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides engineered products, solutions, and services mainly to aerospace and defense, commercial power, process, and industrial markets worldwide. It operates through three segments: Aerospace & Industrial, Defense Electronics, and Naval & Power. The Aerospace & Industrial segment offers industrial and specialty vehicle products, such as power management electronics, traction inverters, transmission shifters, and control systems; sensors, controls, and electro-mechanical actuation components used on commercial and military aircraft; and surface technology services including shot peening, laser peening, and engineered coatings. The Defense Electronics segment provides commercial off-the-shelf embedded computing board-level modules and processing equipment, data acquisition and flight test instrumentation equipment, integrated subsystems, instrumentation and control systems, tactical communications solutions; and electronic stabilization products, and weapons handling systems; avionics and electronics; flight test equipment; and aircraft data management solutions. The Naval & Power segment offers main coolant pumps, power-dense compact motors, generators, steam turbines, valves, and secondary propulsion systems; energy absorbers, retractable hook cable systems, net-stanchion systems and mobile systems to support fixed land-based arresting systems; hardware, valves, fastening systems, specialized containment doors, airlock hatches, and spent fuel management products; reactor coolant pumps and control rod drive mechanisms for commercial nuclear power plants, as well as various nuclear reactor technologies. This segment furnishes severe-service valve technologies and services, heat exchanger repair, and piping test and isolation products, and offers ship repair and maintenance for the U.S. navy. Curtiss-Wright Corporation was incorporated in 1929 and is headquartered in Davidson, North Carolina.

About ZOOZ Power

ZOOZ Power Ltd. engages in developing, manufacturing, marketing, and selling energy store solutions for electric vehicles in Israel, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It offers ZOOZTER-100, a kinetic power booster based on flywheel technology designed to enable sustainable and cost-effective rollout of ultra-fast electric vehicle charging stations in areas where the grid is power-limited. The company was formerly known as Chakratec Ltd. and changed its name to ZOOZ Power Ltd. in March 2021. ZOOZ Power Ltd. was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Lod, Israel.