Critical Review: AEVEX (AVEX) and Its Peers

Posted by on Sep 5th, 2026

AEVEX (NYSE:AVEX – Get Free Report) is one of 230 public companies in the “Aerospace & Defense” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare AEVEX to related companies based on the strength of its risk, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for AEVEX and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
AEVEX 1 2 9 0 2.67
AEVEX Competitors 2076 8039 12367 542 2.49

AEVEX currently has a consensus target price of $33.89, suggesting a potential upside of 105.01%. As a group, “Aerospace & Defense” companies have a potential upside of 30.09%. Given AEVEX’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe AEVEX is more favorable than its peers.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

49.4% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are owned by institutional investors. 12.1% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares AEVEX and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AEVEX N/A N/A N/A
AEVEX Competitors -305.55% -31.46% -4.73%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares AEVEX and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

Gross Revenue Net Income Price/Earnings Ratio
AEVEX $697.02 million N/A 51.66
AEVEX Competitors $8.54 billion $573.01 million 26.95

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

Summary

AEVEX beats its peers on 7 of the 11 factors compared.

AEVEX Company Profile

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AEVEX Corp. is a holding company which designs, manufactures and provides autonomous systems and navigation technologies. The company’s operating segment includes tactical systems and global solutions. AEVEX Corp. is based in Solana Beach, California.

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