KTOS vs. CW, TXT, HII, AVAV, SPR, HXL, AIR, TGI, ATRO, and NPK
Should you be buying Kratos Defense & Security Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions include Curtiss-Wright (CW), Textron (TXT), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), AeroVironment (AVAV), Spirit AeroSystems (SPR), Hexcel (HXL), AAR (AIR), Triumph Group (TGI), Astronics (ATRO), and National Presto Industries (NPK). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions vs.
Curtiss-Wright (NYSE:CW) and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (NASDAQ:KTOS) are both aerospace companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking and profitability.
Curtiss-Wright has higher revenue and earnings than Kratos Defense & Security Solutions. Curtiss-Wright is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Curtiss-Wright has a net margin of 12.98% compared to Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' net margin of 1.31%. Curtiss-Wright's return on equity of 17.11% beat Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' return on equity.
In the previous week, Curtiss-Wright and Curtiss-Wright both had 18 articles in the media. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Curtiss-Wright's score of 1.05 indicating that Kratos Defense & Security Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Curtiss-Wright has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions received 78 more outperform votes than Curtiss-Wright when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.50% of users gave Kratos Defense & Security Solutions an outperform vote while only 66.18% of users gave Curtiss-Wright an outperform vote.
82.7% of Curtiss-Wright shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Curtiss-Wright shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Curtiss-Wright currently has a consensus target price of $404.29, indicating a potential downside of 7.93%. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has a consensus target price of $36.75, indicating a potential upside of 0.07%. Given Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kratos Defense & Security Solutions is more favorable than Curtiss-Wright.
Summary
Curtiss-Wright beats Kratos Defense & Security Solutions on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:KTOS) was last updated on 5/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
