AeroVironment (NASDAQ:AVAV) versus AERWINS Technologies (NASDAQ:AWIN) Head to Head Review
AeroVironment (NASDAQ:AVAV – Get Rating) and AERWINS Technologies (NASDAQ:AWIN – Get Rating) are both aerospace companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings for AeroVironment and AERWINS Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| AeroVironments | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3.20 |
| AERWINS Technologies | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
AeroVironment presently has a consensus target price of $113.80, indicating a potential upside of 11.94%. AERWINS Technologies has a consensus target price of $2.00, indicating a potential upside of 175.86%. Given AERWINS Technologies’ higher probable upside, analysts simply believe AERWINS Technologies is more favorable than AeroVironment.
Profitability
This table compares AeroVironment and AERWINS Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| AeroVironments | -1.74% | 2.21% | 1.48% |
| AERWINS Technologies | N/A | -54.68% | 2.31% |
Earnings and Valuations
This table compares AeroVironment and AERWINS Technologies’ top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| GrossRevenues | Price/Sales Ratio | NetIncome | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| AeroVironments | $487.12 million | 5.27 | -$4.19 million | ($0.35) | -290.46 |
| AERWINS Technologies | N/A | N/A | $2.73 million | N/A | N/A |
AERWINS Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AeroVironment.
Volatility & Risk
AeroVironment has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its price share is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AERWINS Technologies has a beta of 0.13, indicating that its price share is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
88.8% of AeroVironment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.1% of AERWINS Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of AeroVironment shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
AeroVironment beats AERWINS Technologies on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About AeroVironments
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AeroVironments, Inc. engages in the design, development, production, support and operation of unmanned aircraft systems and electric transportation solutions. The company was founded by Paul B. MacCready, Jr. in July 1971 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.
About AERWINS Technologies
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Pono Capital Corp. entered into a definitive business combination agreement with AERWINS Technologies Inc.
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