GD vs. TDG, NOC, BA, LMT, LHX, HEI, RTX, HII, LDOS, and TDY
Should you be buying General Dynamics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of General Dynamics include TransDigm Group (TDG), Northrop Grumman (NOC), Boeing (BA), Lockheed Martin (LMT), L3Harris Technologies (LHX), HEICO (HEI), RTX (RTX), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Leidos (LDOS), and Teledyne Technologies (TDY). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
TransDigm Group (NYSE:TDG) and General Dynamics (NYSE:GD) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and earnings.
95.8% of TransDigm Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.1% of General Dynamics shares are held by institutional investors. 5.0% of TransDigm Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of General Dynamics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
TransDigm Group has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General Dynamics has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, General Dynamics had 10 more articles in the media than TransDigm Group. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for General Dynamics and 25 mentions for TransDigm Group. TransDigm Group's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat General Dynamics' score of 0.61 indicating that General Dynamics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
TransDigm Group has a net margin of 21.22% compared to TransDigm Group's net margin of 7.85%. TransDigm Group's return on equity of 16.48% beat General Dynamics' return on equity.
General Dynamics has higher revenue and earnings than TransDigm Group. General Dynamics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TransDigm Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
TransDigm Group presently has a consensus target price of $1,327.44, suggesting a potential upside of 2.75%. General Dynamics has a consensus target price of $300.53, suggesting a potential upside of 0.51%. Given General Dynamics' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe TransDigm Group is more favorable than General Dynamics.
General Dynamics received 142 more outperform votes than TransDigm Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.54% of users gave General Dynamics an outperform vote while only 68.51% of users gave TransDigm Group an outperform vote.
Summary
TransDigm Group beats General Dynamics on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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