TXT vs. TDY, LDOS, CW, HII, ESLT, FTAI, CAE, HXL, DRS, and MOG.B
Should you be buying Textron stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Textron include Teledyne Technologies (TDY), Leidos (LDOS), Curtiss-Wright (CW), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Elbit Systems (ESLT), FTAI Aviation (FTAI), CAE (CAE), Hexcel (HXL), Leonardo DRS (DRS), and Moog (MOG.B). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
Textron (NYSE:TXT) and Teledyne Technologies (NYSE:TDY) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Teledyne Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than Textron. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Teledyne Technologies and 12 mentions for Textron. Teledyne Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Textron's score of 0.58 indicating that Teledyne Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Textron has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teledyne Technologies has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Teledyne Technologies has a net margin of 15.81% compared to Textron's net margin of 6.75%. Textron's return on equity of 16.30% beat Teledyne Technologies' return on equity.
Textron received 226 more outperform votes than Teledyne Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.02% of users gave Textron an outperform vote while only 66.43% of users gave Teledyne Technologies an outperform vote.
Textron presently has a consensus target price of $95.63, suggesting a potential upside of 7.21%. Teledyne Technologies has a consensus target price of $470.83, suggesting a potential upside of 15.85%. Given Teledyne Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Teledyne Technologies is more favorable than Textron.
86.0% of Textron shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Teledyne Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Textron shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Teledyne Technologies 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.
Textron has higher revenue and earnings than Teledyne Technologies. Textron is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Teledyne Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Teledyne Technologies beats Textron on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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