EHang (NASDAQ:EH – Get Free Report) and Curtiss-Wright (NYSE:CW – Get Free Report) are both aerospace companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and risk.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares EHang and Curtiss-Wright”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| EHang | $72.86 million | 10.48 | -$39.47 million | ($0.44) | -23.09 |
| Curtiss-Wright | $3.50 billion | 7.90 | $484.23 million | $13.65 | 54.80 |
Profitability
This table compares EHang and Curtiss-Wright’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| EHang | -44.56% | -21.16% | -11.75% |
| Curtiss-Wright | 14.17% | 20.00% | 10.01% |
Volatility & Risk
EHang has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Curtiss-Wright has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
94.0% of EHang shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of Curtiss-Wright shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.6% of EHang shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Curtiss-Wright shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for EHang and Curtiss-Wright, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| EHang | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.25 |
| Curtiss-Wright | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2.50 |
EHang currently has a consensus target price of $13.00, indicating a potential upside of 27.95%. Curtiss-Wright has a consensus target price of $746.67, indicating a potential downside of 0.18%. Given EHang’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe EHang is more favorable than Curtiss-Wright.
Summary
Curtiss-Wright beats EHang on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About EHang
EHang Holdings Limited operates as an autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV) technology platform company in the People's Republic of China, East Asia, West Asia, Europe, and internationally. It designs, develops, manufactures, sells, and operates AAVs, as well as their supporting systems and infrastructure for various industries and applications, including passenger transportation, logistics, smart city management, and aerial media solutions. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Guangzhou, the People's Republic of China.
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.
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