BA vs. RR, FERG, EXPN, AHT, REL, RTO, QQ, GEC, CHG, and SNR
Should you be buying BAE Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BAE Systems include Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (RR), Ferguson (FERG), Experian (EXPN), Ashtead Group (AHT), Relx (REL), Rentokil Initial (RTO), QinetiQ Group (QQ), General Electric (GEC), Chemring Group (CHG), and Senior (SNR). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
BAE Systems (LON:BA) and Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (LON:RR) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
72.2% of BAE Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.0% of Rolls-Royce Holdings plc shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of BAE Systems shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Rolls-Royce Holdings plc shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc has a net margin of 14.63% compared to BAE Systems' net margin of 8.05%. BAE Systems' return on equity of 17.54% beat Rolls-Royce Holdings plc's return on equity.
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BAE Systems. Rolls-Royce Holdings plc is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BAE Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BAE Systems received 29 more outperform votes than Rolls-Royce Holdings plc when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.00% of users gave BAE Systems an outperform vote while only 42.86% of users gave Rolls-Royce Holdings plc an outperform vote.
BAE Systems presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,335, suggesting a potential upside of 0.15%. Rolls-Royce Holdings plc has a consensus price target of GBX 342.20, suggesting a potential downside of 17.16%. Given BAE Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe BAE Systems is more favorable than Rolls-Royce Holdings plc.
BAE Systems pays an annual dividend of GBX 30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Rolls-Royce Holdings plc pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. BAE Systems pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Rolls-Royce Holdings plc pays out 4,137.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Rolls-Royce Holdings plc is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
BAE Systems has a beta of 0.36, suggesting that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rolls-Royce Holdings plc has a beta of 1.77, suggesting that its share price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, BAE Systems had 2 more articles in the media than Rolls-Royce Holdings plc. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for BAE Systems and 9 mentions for Rolls-Royce Holdings plc. Rolls-Royce Holdings plc's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat BAE Systems' score of 0.28 indicating that Rolls-Royce Holdings plc is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
BAE Systems beats Rolls-Royce Holdings plc on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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