LMT vs. BA, RTX, GD, NOC, TDG, LHX, HEI, KTOS, RKLB, and KAMN
Should you be buying Lockheed Martin stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lockheed Martin include Boeing (BA), RTX (RTX), General Dynamics (GD), Northrop Grumman (NOC), TransDigm Group (TDG), L3Harris Technologies (LHX), HEICO (HEI), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS), Rocket Lab USA (RKLB), and Kaman (KAMN). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
Boeing (NYSE:BA) and Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.
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.
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.
Boeing currently has a consensus target price of $222.41, suggesting a potential upside of 33.01%. Lockheed Martin has a consensus target price of $485.40, suggesting a potential upside of 5.23%. Given Lockheed Martin's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Boeing is more favorable than Lockheed Martin.
In the previous week, Boeing had 59 more articles in the media than Lockheed Martin. MarketBeat recorded 123 mentions for Boeing and 64 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 news media.
Lockheed Martin has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
64.8% of Boeing shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.2% of Lockheed Martin shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Boeing shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Lockheed Martin shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Boeing has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lockheed Martin has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Lockheed Martin beats Boeing on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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