LMT vs. HON, BA, GD, TDG, NOC, HEI, TDY, TXT, CW, and HII
Should you be buying Lockheed Martin stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lockheed Martin include Honeywell International (HON), Boeing (BA), General Dynamics (GD), TransDigm Group (TDG), Northrop Grumman (NOC), HEICO (HEI), Teledyne Technologies (TDY), Textron (TXT), Curtiss-Wright (CW), and Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.
Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) and Honeywell International (NASDAQ:HON) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, risk and community ranking.
74.2% of Lockheed Martin shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Honeywell International shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Lockheed Martin shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Honeywell International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Lockheed Martin currently has a consensus target price of $485.40, suggesting a potential upside of 3.25%. Honeywell International has a consensus target price of $220.38, suggesting a potential upside of 5.55%. Given Honeywell International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Honeywell International is more favorable than Lockheed Martin.
In the previous week, Honeywell International had 8 more articles in the media than Lockheed Martin. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Honeywell International and 16 mentions for Lockheed Martin. Lockheed Martin's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Honeywell International's score of 0.53 indicating that Lockheed Martin is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Lockheed Martin has higher revenue and earnings than Honeywell International. Lockheed Martin is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Honeywell International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lockheed Martin has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Honeywell International has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Honeywell International has a net margin of 15.52% compared to Lockheed Martin's net margin of 9.73%. Lockheed Martin's return on equity of 85.96% beat Honeywell International's return on equity.
Lockheed Martin pays an annual dividend of $12.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Honeywell International pays an annual dividend of $4.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Lockheed Martin pays out 46.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Honeywell International pays out 50.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Lockheed Martin is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Honeywell International received 422 more outperform votes than Lockheed Martin when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.58% of users gave Honeywell International an outperform vote while only 58.87% of users gave Lockheed Martin an outperform vote.
Summary
Honeywell International beats Lockheed Martin on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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