Loar (NYSE:LOAR) and BETA Technologies (NYSE:BETA) Financial Contrast

Loar (NYSE:LOAR) and BETA Technologies (NYSE:BETA) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Loar and BETA Technologies, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Loar	0	2	4	1	2.86
BETA Technologies	1	1	9	0	2.73

Loar presently has a consensus price target of $88.00, indicating a potential upside of 35.06%. BETA Technologies has a consensus price target of $31.11, indicating a potential upside of 30.26%. Given Loar’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Loar is more favorable than BETA Technologies.

Profitability

This table compares Loar and BETA Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Loar	11.60%	9.37%	5.39%
BETA Technologies	-1,913.91%	-96.24%	-48.20%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Loar and BETA Technologies”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Loar	$496.28 million	12.30	$72.15 million	$0.72	90.49
BETA Technologies	$44.84 million	120.07	-$745.87 million	($13.02)	-1.83

Loar has higher revenue and earnings than BETA Technologies. BETA Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Loar, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Loar beats BETA Technologies on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Loar

Loar Holdings Inc., through its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and markets aerospace and defense components for aircraft, and aerospace and defense systems in the United States and internationally. It offers products in various categories, which include airframe components, structural components, avionics, composites, braking system components, de-ice and ice protection, electro-mechanical, engineered materials, flight controls, fluid and motion controls, environmental, metal forming, molded components, and restraints and safety devices. The company also provides auto throttles, lap-belt airbags, two-and three-point seat belts, water purification systems, fire barriers, polyimide washers and bushings, latches, hold-open and tie rods, temperature and fluid sensors and switches, carbon and metallic brake discs, fluid and pneumatic-based ice protection, RAM air components, sealing solutions, actuation devices, and others. It primarily serves commercial, business jet and general aviation, and defense markets. Loar Holdings Inc. was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in White Plains, New York.

About BETA Technologies

BETA Technologies Inc. is an electric aerospace company. It involved in designing, manufacturing and selling high-performance electric aircraft, advanced electric propulsion systems, components and charging systems. BETA Technologies Inc. is based in SOUTH BURLINGTON.