Investors interested in Aerospace stocks should always be looking to find the best-performing companies in the group. FTAI Aviation (FTAI) is a stock that can certainly grab the attention of many investors, but do its recent returns compare favorably to the sector as a whole? Let's take a closer look at the stock's year-to-date performance to find out.
FTAI Aviation is one of 67 individual stocks in the Aerospace sector. Collectively, these companies sit at #7 in the Zacks Sector Rank. The Zacks Sector Rank considers 16 different groups, measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the sector to gauge the strength of each group.
The Zacks Rank is a proven model that highlights a variety of stocks with the right characteristics to outperform the market over the next one to three months. The system emphasizes earnings estimate revisions and favors companies with improving earnings outlooks. FTAI Aviation is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy).
Over the past three months, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for FTAI's full-year earnings has moved 6.8% higher. This shows that analyst sentiment has improved and the company's earnings outlook is stronger.
Based on the latest available data, FTAI has gained about 9.7% so far this year. Meanwhile, stocks in the Aerospace group have lost about 2.9% on average. As we can see, FTAI Aviation is performing better than its sector in the calendar year.
Another stock in the Aerospace sector, Textron (TXT), has outperformed the sector so far this year. The stock's year-to-date return is 1.1%.
Over the past three months, Textron's consensus EPS estimate for the current year has increased 0.7%. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).
Looking more specifically, FTAI Aviation belongs to the Aerospace - Defense Equipment industry, a group that includes 37 individual stocks and currently sits at #157 in the Zacks Industry Rank. Stocks in this group have gained about 0.8% so far this year, so FTAI is performing better this group in terms of year-to-date returns.
Textron, however, belongs to the Aerospace - Defense industry. Currently, this 29-stock industry is ranked #83. The industry has moved -4.3% so far this year.
Going forward, investors interested in Aerospace stocks should continue to pay close attention to FTAI Aviation and Textron as they could maintain their solid performance.
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