Boeing (BA) Competitors

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and Boeing (NYSE:BA) are related large-cap companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, valuation, earnings and dividends.

Is GOOGL or BA a better dividend stock?

Alphabet pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Boeing pays an annual dividend of $8.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Alphabet pays out 8.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Boeing pays out -49.8% 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. Alphabet has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Boeing is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in GOOGL or BA?

40.0% of Alphabet shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.8% of Boeing shares are held by institutional investors. 11.6% of Alphabet shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Boeing shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings & valuation, GOOGL or BA?

Alphabet has higher revenue and earnings than Boeing. Boeing is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alphabet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Alphabet	$371.40B	6.62	$100.12B	$9.39	21.65
Boeing	$75.33B	2.33	-$11.82B	-$16.51	-14.07

Which has more risk and volatility, GOOGL or BA?

Alphabet has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boeing has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GOOGL or BA more profitable?

Alphabet has a net margin of 31.12% compared to Boeing's net margin of -14.18%. Alphabet's return on equity of 34.31% beat Boeing's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alphabet	31.12%	34.31%	24.88%
Boeing	-14.18%	N/A	-7.78%

Do analysts prefer GOOGL or BA?

Alphabet presently has a consensus price target of $211.53, indicating a potential upside of 4.03%. Boeing has a consensus price target of $228.90, indicating a potential downside of 1.43%. Given Alphabet's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Alphabet is more favorable than Boeing.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alphabet	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	29 Buy rating(s)	4 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
Boeing	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.84

Does the media favor GOOGL or BA?

In the previous week, Alphabet had 111 more articles in the media than Boeing. MarketBeat recorded 186 mentions for Alphabet and 75 mentions for Boeing. Alphabet's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Boeing's score of 1.04 indicating that Alphabet is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Alphabet	134 Very Positive mention(s)	23 Positive mention(s)	19 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Boeing	51 Very Positive mention(s)	13 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Alphabet beats Boeing on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.