Analyzing Curtiss-Wright (NYSE:CW) and Exail Technologies (OTCMKTS:GGRGF)

Curtiss-Wright (NYSE:CW) and Exail Technologies (OTCMKTS:GGRGF) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and profitability.

Dividends

Curtiss-Wright pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Exail Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Curtiss-Wright pays out 7.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Exail Technologies pays out 61.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Curtiss-Wright has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Curtiss-Wright and Exail Technologies”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	6.49	$484.23 million	$14.53	42.29
Exail Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.52	98.41

Curtiss-Wright has higher revenue and earnings than Exail Technologies. Curtiss-Wright is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Exail Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for Curtiss-Wright and Exail Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Curtiss-Wright	0	3	3	0	2.50
Exail Technologies	0	0	0	0	0.00

Curtiss-Wright currently has a consensus price target of $782.50, indicating a potential upside of 27.34%. Given Curtiss-Wright’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Curtiss-Wright is more favorable than Exail Technologies.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

82.7% of Curtiss-Wright shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.8% of Exail Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Curtiss-Wright shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Curtiss-Wright and Exail Technologies’ 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%
Exail Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Curtiss-Wright beats Exail Technologies on 12 of the 14 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 Exail Technologies

Exail Technologies provides robotics, maritime, navigation, aerospace, and photonics technologies solutions in France and internationally. It offers components, products, and systems for naval defense, maritime, aerospace, photonics, land defense, and other industries. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Paris, France.