Head-To-Head Analysis: AEVEX (AVEX) and Its Peers

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

50.1% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are held by institutional investors. 12.1% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are held 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for AEVEX and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AEVEX	0	1	9	0	2.90
AEVEX Competitors	2010	7972	12244	531	2.50

AEVEX presently has a consensus target price of $35.62, indicating a potential upside of 62.30%. As a group, “Aerospace & Defense” companies have a potential upside of 28.06%. Given AEVEX’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AEVEX is more favorable than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares AEVEX and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AEVEX	N/A	N/A	N/A
AEVEX Competitors	-241.60%	-112.99%	-4.69%

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
AEVEX	N/A	N/A	87.80
AEVEX Competitors	$8.50 billion	$577.31 million	32.29

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

Summary

AEVEX beats its rivals on 7 of the 11 factors compared.

AEVEX Company Profile

AEVEX Corp. is a holding company which designs, manufactures and provides autonomous systems and navigation technologies. The company’s operating segment includes tactical systems and global solutions. AEVEX Corp. is based in Solana Beach, California.