Reviewing AEVEX (AVEX) & 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 related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations and risk.

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%	-31.44%	-4.72%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for AEVEX and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AEVEX	1	1	9	0	2.73
AEVEX Competitors	2069	8024	12358	539	2.49

AEVEX currently has a consensus price target of $35.62, indicating a potential upside of 102.19%. As a group, “Aerospace & Defense” companies have a potential upside of 43.04%. Given AEVEX’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe AEVEX is more favorable than its competitors.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares AEVEX and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
AEVEX	N/A	N/A	55.06
AEVEX Competitors	$8.39 billion	$573.01 million	27.45

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

49.5% 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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.