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BA vs. GOOGL, TSLA, UAL, DAL, GD, LMT, NOC, RTX, SPR, and TXT

Should you be buying Boeing stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Boeing include Alphabet (GOOGL), Tesla (TSLA), United Airlines (UAL), Delta Air Lines (DAL), General Dynamics (GD), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Northrop Grumman (NOC), RTX (RTX), Spirit Aerosystems (SPR), and Textron (TXT).

Boeing vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, Alphabet had 109 more articles in the media than Boeing. MarketBeat recorded 203 mentions for Alphabet and 94 mentions for Boeing. Alphabet's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Boeing's score of 0.85 indicating that Alphabet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Boeing
52 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
18 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
4 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Alphabet
144 Very Positive mention(s)
25 Positive mention(s)
15 Neutral mention(s)
12 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

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

Boeing currently has a consensus price target of $230.77, suggesting a potential upside of 6.69%. Alphabet has a consensus price target of $231.31, suggesting a potential downside of 8.09%. Given Boeing's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Boeing is more favorable than Alphabet.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Boeing
2 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
18 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.85
Alphabet
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
32 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.84

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
Boeing-14.18% N/A -7.78%
Alphabet 31.12%34.31%24.88%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Boeing$66.52B2.46-$11.82B-$16.51-13.10
Alphabet$350.02B8.70$100.12B$9.3926.80

Summary

Alphabet beats Boeing on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BA vs. The Competition

MetricBoeingAEROSP/DEFENSE IndustryAerospace SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$160.37B$48.98B$29.31B$21.71B
Dividend YieldN/A1.09%0.93%3.52%
P/E Ratio-13.1023.0387.7029.86
Price / Sales2.464.557.4460.93
Price / CashN/A25.3234.4224.72
Price / Book-41.365.8910.074.59
Net Income-$11.82B$587.31M$379.68M$1.00B
7 Day Performance0.73%6.83%4.90%0.64%
1 Month Performance-5.87%5.41%5.93%2.77%
1 Year Performance38.77%34.87%54.54%14.49%

Boeing Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BA
Boeing
3.4061 of 5 stars
$216.30
+2.0%
$230.77
+6.7%
+38.4%$160.37B$66.52B-13.10172,000Trending News
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
GOOGL
Alphabet
3.9753 of 5 stars
$250.43
+0.4%
$224.51
-10.3%
+55.5%$3.03T$350.02B26.67183,323Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
TSLA
Tesla
4.2275 of 5 stars
$425.09
-0.2%
$307.46
-27.7%
+70.3%$1.37T$97.69B245.72125,665Trending News
Analyst Forecast
UAL
United Airlines
4.3528 of 5 stars
$105.63
+0.1%
$112.57
+6.6%
+98.9%$34.20B$57.06B10.58107,300Positive News
DAL
Delta Air Lines
4.7894 of 5 stars
$59.39
+1.0%
$66.56
+12.1%
+24.5%$38.77B$61.64B8.61100,000Positive News
GD
General Dynamics
4.5634 of 5 stars
$324.83
-0.1%
$315.78
-2.8%
+4.8%$87.39B$47.72B21.80117,000Positive News
LMT
Lockheed Martin
4.439 of 5 stars
$472.31
-0.2%
$494.00
+4.6%
-16.3%$110.29B$71.04B26.60121,000Trending News
NOC
Northrop Grumman
4.2179 of 5 stars
$573.86
-0.6%
$588.85
+2.6%
+8.1%$82.13B$40.50B21.1497,000Positive News
RTX
RTX
4.579 of 5 stars
$157.72
-0.4%
$158.87
+0.7%
+33.3%$211.20B$80.74B34.68186,000Trending News
SPR
Spirit Aerosystems
1.3458 of 5 stars
$38.68
+0.3%
$38.63
-0.1%
+16.1%$4.54B$6.32B-1.9320,370Positive News
TXT
Textron
4.5463 of 5 stars
$84.01
+1.6%
$92.67
+10.3%
-4.6%$14.97B$14.06B19.0134,000Positive News

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