Curtiss-Wright (NYSE:CW – Get Free Report) and Safe Pro Group (NASDAQ:SPAI – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Risk & Volatility
Curtiss-Wright has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Safe Pro Group has a beta of 3.73, suggesting that its stock price is 273% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Curtiss-Wright and Safe Pro Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Curtiss-Wright | $3.50 billion | 5.76 | $484.23 million | $14.53 | 37.54 |
| Safe Pro Group | $2.88 million | 31.24 | -$14.32 million | ($0.73) | -6.05 |
Curtiss-Wright has higher revenue and earnings than Safe Pro Group. Safe Pro Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Curtiss-Wright, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Curtiss-Wright and Safe Pro Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Curtiss-Wright | 14.81% | 20.49% | 10.19% |
| Safe Pro Group | -500.00% | -107.61% | -97.54% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings for Curtiss-Wright and Safe Pro Group, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Curtiss-Wright | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2.62 |
| Safe Pro Group | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
Curtiss-Wright currently has a consensus target price of $768.25, suggesting a potential upside of 40.86%. Safe Pro Group has a consensus target price of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 103.62%. Given Safe Pro Group’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Safe Pro Group is more favorable than Curtiss-Wright.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
82.7% of Curtiss-Wright shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Curtiss-Wright shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 54.8% of Safe Pro Group shares are held by 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
Curtiss-Wright beats Safe Pro Group on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Curtiss-Wright
Curtiss-Wright Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides engineered products, solutions, and services mainly to aerospace and defense, commercial power, process, and industrial markets worldwide. It operates through three segments: Aerospace & Industrial, Defense Electronics, and Naval & Power. The Aerospace & Industrial segment offers industrial and specialty vehicle products, such as power management electronics, traction inverters, transmission shifters, and control systems; sensors, controls, and electro-mechanical actuation components used on commercial and military aircraft; and surface technology services including shot peening, laser peening, and engineered coatings. The Defense Electronics segment provides commercial off-the-shelf embedded computing board-level modules and processing equipment, data acquisition and flight test instrumentation equipment, integrated subsystems, instrumentation and control systems, tactical communications solutions; and electronic stabilization products, and weapons handling systems; avionics and electronics; flight test equipment; and aircraft data management solutions. The Naval & Power segment offers main coolant pumps, power-dense compact motors, generators, steam turbines, valves, and secondary propulsion systems; energy absorbers, retractable hook cable systems, net-stanchion systems and mobile systems to support fixed land-based arresting systems; hardware, valves, fastening systems, specialized containment doors, airlock hatches, and spent fuel management products; reactor coolant pumps and control rod drive mechanisms for commercial nuclear power plants, as well as various nuclear reactor technologies. This segment furnishes severe-service valve technologies and services, heat exchanger repair, and piping test and isolation products, and offers ship repair and maintenance for the U.S. navy. Curtiss-Wright Corporation was incorporated in 1929 and is headquartered in Davidson, North Carolina.
About Safe Pro Group
Safe Pro Group, Inc. engages in the provision and acquisition of security and protection products. Its products include Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) software technology and photogrammetry analysis tools, bullet and blast resistant personal protection equipment, and aerial managed services and mission-critical uncrewed solutions. The firm operates through the following segments: Safe-PRO USA, Airborne Response, and Safe Pro AI. The company was founded by Daniyel Erdberg on December 15, 2021 and is headquartered in Aventura, FL.
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