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.
Honeywell International (NASDAQ:HON) and Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) are both large-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Honeywell International presently has a consensus target price of $220.38, indicating a potential upside of 5.55%. Lockheed Martin has a consensus target price of $485.40, indicating a potential upside of 3.25%. Given Lockheed Martin's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Honeywell International is more favorable than Lockheed Martin.
Honeywell International pays an annual dividend of $4.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Lockheed Martin pays an annual dividend of $12.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Honeywell International pays out 50.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lockheed Martin pays out 46.1% 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. Honeywell International has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Lockheed Martin is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
75.9% of Honeywell International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.2% of Lockheed Martin shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Honeywell International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Lockheed Martin 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.
Honeywell International has a net margin of 15.52% compared to Honeywell International's net margin of 9.73%. Honeywell International's return on equity of 85.96% beat Lockheed Martin's return on equity.
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.
In the previous week, Honeywell International had 7 more articles in the media than Lockheed Martin. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Honeywell International and 16 mentions for Lockheed Martin. Honeywell International's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Lockheed Martin's score of 0.59 indicating that Lockheed Martin is being referred to more favorably in the news 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.
Honeywell International has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lockheed Martin has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Honeywell International beats Lockheed Martin on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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