Financial Analysis: Air Industries Group (NYSE:AIRI) vs. Loar (NYSE:LOAR)

Loar (NYSE:LOAR) and Air Industries Group (NYSE:AIRI) are both aerospace companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Loar and Air Industries Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Loar	0	1	3	0	2.75
Air Industries Group	0	0	0	0	N/A

Loar currently has a consensus target price of $75.75, indicating a potential upside of 0.88%. Given Loar’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Loar is more favorable than Air Industries Group.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

42.7% of Air Industries Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 37.2% of Air Industries Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Loar and Air Industries Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Loar	N/A	N/A	N/A
Air Industries Group	-2.86%	-10.24%	-3.04%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Loar and Air Industries Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Loar	$358.10 million	18.81	N/A	N/A	N/A
Air Industries Group	$53.40 million	0.33	-$2.13 million	($0.67)	-7.85

Loar has higher revenue and earnings than Air Industries Group.

Summary

Loar beats Air Industries Group on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Loar

Loar Holdings Inc., through its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and markets aerospace and defense components for aircraft, and aerospace and defense systems in the United States and internationally. It offers products in various categories, which include airframe components, structural components, avionics, composites, braking system components, de-ice and ice protection, electro-mechanical, engineered materials, flight controls, fluid and motion controls, environmental, metal forming, molded components, and restraints and safety devices. The company also provides auto throttles, lap-belt airbags, two-and three-point seat belts, water purification systems, fire barriers, polyimide washers and bushings, latches, hold-open and tie rods, temperature and fluid sensors and switches, carbon and metallic brake discs, fluid and pneumatic-based ice protection, RAM air components, sealing solutions, actuation devices, and others. It primarily serves commercial, business jet and general aviation, and defense markets. Loar Holdings Inc. was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in White Plains, New York.

About Air Industries Group

Air Industries Group, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of precision components and assemblies for defense and commercial aerospace industry in the United States. It offers actuators, arresting gears, aerostructures, aircraft structures, chaff pod assemblies, machining and milling solutions, cylinders, drag beams and braces, flight controls, flight safety critical components, integrated assemblies, landing gears, large diameter turn-mills, submarine valves, thrust struts, engine mounts, and turbine engine components and weldments for aircraft jet engines, ground turbines, and other complex machines. The company was founded in 1941 and is based in Bay Shore, New York.