BA vs. LMT, GD, RTX, NOC, TDG, LHX, HEI, AVAV, EVEX, and ACHR
Should you be buying Boeing stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Boeing include Lockheed Martin (LMT), General Dynamics (GD), RTX (RTX), Northrop Grumman (NOC), TransDigm Group (TDG), L3Harris Technologies (LHX), HEICO (HEI), AeroVironment (AVAV), EVE (EVEX), and Archer Aviation (ACHR). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) and Boeing (NYSE:BA) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
Boeing received 1249 more outperform votes than Lockheed Martin when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.07% of users gave Boeing an outperform vote while only 58.87% of users gave Lockheed Martin an outperform vote.
Lockheed Martin has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Boeing. Boeing is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lockheed Martin, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Boeing had 65 more articles in the media than Lockheed Martin. MarketBeat recorded 122 mentions for Boeing and 57 mentions for Lockheed Martin. Boeing's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Lockheed Martin's score of 0.00 indicating that Lockheed Martin is being referred to more favorably in the media.
74.2% of Lockheed Martin shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.8% of Boeing shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Lockheed Martin shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Boeing shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Lockheed Martin has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boeing has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lockheed Martin currently has a consensus price target of $485.40, indicating a potential upside of 5.23%. Boeing has a consensus price target of $222.41, indicating a potential upside of 32.97%. Given Lockheed Martin's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Boeing is more favorable than Lockheed Martin.
Lockheed Martin has a net margin of 9.73% compared to Lockheed Martin's net margin of -2.81%. Boeing's return on equity of 85.96% beat Lockheed Martin's return on equity.
Summary
Lockheed Martin beats Boeing on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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