Reviewing ZOOZ Power (NASDAQ:ZOOZ) and Curtiss-Wright (NYSE:CW)

ZOOZ Power (NASDAQ:ZOOZ) and Curtiss-Wright (NYSE:CW) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares ZOOZ Power and Curtiss-Wright’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ZOOZ Power	N/A	N/A	N/A
Curtiss-Wright	12.98%	17.11%	8.70%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

38.1% of ZOOZ Power shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of Curtiss-Wright shares are held by institutional investors. 56.1% of ZOOZ Power shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Curtiss-Wright shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for ZOOZ Power and Curtiss-Wright, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ZOOZ Power	0	0	1	1	3.50
Curtiss-Wright	0	2	5	0	2.71

ZOOZ Power presently has a consensus price target of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 195.86%. Curtiss-Wright has a consensus price target of $386.86, indicating a potential upside of 16.77%. Given ZOOZ Power’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe ZOOZ Power is more favorable than Curtiss-Wright.

Volatility & Risk

ZOOZ Power has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Curtiss-Wright has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares ZOOZ Power and Curtiss-Wright”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ZOOZ Power	$1.04 million	19.59	-$11.76 million	N/A	N/A
Curtiss-Wright	$3.12 billion	4.00	$404.98 million	$10.55	31.40

Curtiss-Wright has higher revenue and earnings than ZOOZ Power.

Summary

Curtiss-Wright beats ZOOZ Power on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About ZOOZ Power

ZOOZ Power Ltd. engages in developing, manufacturing, marketing, and selling energy store solutions for electric vehicles in Israel, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It offers ZOOZTER-100, a kinetic power booster based on flywheel technology designed to enable sustainable and cost-effective rollout of ultra-fast electric vehicle charging stations in areas where the grid is power-limited. The company was formerly known as Chakratec Ltd. and changed its name to ZOOZ Power Ltd. in March 2021. ZOOZ Power Ltd. was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Lod, Israel.

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.