Head to Head Survey: Sypris Solutions (NASDAQ:SYPR) and GE Aerospace (NYSE:GE)

GE Aerospace (NYSE:GE) and Sypris Solutions (NASDAQ:SYPR) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for GE Aerospace and Sypris Solutions, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GE Aerospace	1	2	16	0	2.79
Sypris Solutions	1	0	0	0	1.00

GE Aerospace presently has a consensus price target of $390.59, suggesting a potential upside of 20.65%. Given GE Aerospace’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe GE Aerospace is more favorable than Sypris Solutions.

Volatility and Risk

GE Aerospace has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sypris Solutions has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

74.8% of GE Aerospace shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.7% of Sypris Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of GE Aerospace shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 47.9% of Sypris Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares GE Aerospace and Sypris Solutions’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GE Aerospace	17.72%	40.56%	5.84%
Sypris Solutions	-9.23%	-67.14%	-9.87%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares GE Aerospace and Sypris Solutions”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
GE Aerospace	$45.85 billion	7.33	$8.70 billion	$8.49	38.13
Sypris Solutions	$119.89 million	0.36	-$6.34 million	($0.47)	-4.00

GE Aerospace has higher revenue and earnings than Sypris Solutions. Sypris Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GE Aerospace, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

GE Aerospace beats Sypris Solutions on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About GE Aerospace

GE Aerospace (also known as General Electric) is a company that specializes in providing aerospace products and services. It operates through two reportable segments: Commercial Engines and Services and Defense and Propulsion Technologies. It offers jet and turboprop engines, as well as integrated systems for commercial, military, business, and general aviation aircraft. GE demerged into GE Vernova, GE Aerospace, and GE Healthcare.

About Sypris Solutions

Sypris Solutions, Inc. engages in the provision of truck components, oil and gas pipeline components, and aerospace and defense electronics. It operates through Sypris Technologies and Sypris Electronics segments. The Sypris Technologies segment is involved in selling of forged, machined, welded, and heat-treated steel components primarily for the heavy commercial vehicle and high-pressure energy pipeline applications. The Sypris Electronics segment includes circuit card and full box build manufacturing, high reliability manufacturing, systems assembly and integration, design for manufacturability and design to specification work. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Louisville, KY.