Airbus (EADSF) versus Its Competitors Critical Contrast

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Airbus and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Airbus	N/A	N/A	113.76
Airbus Competitors	$8.48 billion	$577.38 million	28.74

Airbus’ rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Airbus. Airbus is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Airbus and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Airbus	N/A	N/A	N/A
Airbus Competitors	-303.28%	-30.44%	-4.16%

Dividends

Airbus pays an annual dividend of $0.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Airbus pays out 35.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Aerospace & Defense” companies pay a dividend yield of 1.0% and pay out 38.9% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

26.9% of Airbus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.1% 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 will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Airbus beats its rivals on 5 of the 9 factors compared.

About Airbus

Airbus SE, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, and delivery of aerospace products, services, and solutions worldwide. It operates through three segments: Airbus, Airbus Helicopters, and Airbus Defence and Space. The Airbus segment develops, manufactures, markets, and sells commercial jet passenger aircraft, freighter aircraft, regional turboprop aircraft, and aircraft components, as well as provides aircraft conversion and related services. The Airbus Helicopters segment develops, manufactures, markets, and sells civil and military helicopters; and provides helicopter-related services. The Airbus Defence and Space segment designs, develops, delivers, and supports military air systems and related services. This segment also offers civil and defence space systems for telecommunications, earth observations, navigation, and science and orbital systems; missile and space launcher systems; and services around data processing from platforms, secure communication, and cyber security. The company was formerly known as Airbus Group SE and changed its name to Airbus SE in April 2017. Airbus SE was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Leiden, the Netherlands.