Head to Head Contrast: AEVEX (AVEX) versus The Competition

AEVEX (NYSE:AVEX) is one of 230 publicly-traded companies in the “Aerospace & Defense” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare AEVEX to similar companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for AEVEX and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AEVEX	1	2	9	0	2.67
AEVEX Competitors	2077	8041	12370	542	2.49

AEVEX currently has a consensus price target of $33.89, suggesting a potential upside of 102.32%. As a group, “Aerospace & Defense” companies have a potential upside of 30.51%. Given AEVEX’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe AEVEX is more favorable than its competitors.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares AEVEX and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
AEVEX	N/A	N/A	52.34
AEVEX Competitors	$8.40 billion	$573.01 million	26.82

AEVEX’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than AEVEX. AEVEX 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.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

49.4% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are owned by institutional investors. 12.0% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are owned 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.

Profitability

This table compares AEVEX and its competitors’ 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	-305.55%	-31.46%	-4.73%

Summary

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

About AEVEX

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.