BA vs. HON, LMT, GD, TDG, NOC, HEI, TDY, TXT, CW, and HII
Should you be buying Boeing stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Boeing include Honeywell International (HON), Lockheed Martin (LMT), General Dynamics (GD), TransDigm Group (TDG), Northrop Grumman (NOC), HEICO (HEI), Teledyne Technologies (TDY), Textron (TXT), Curtiss-Wright (CW), and Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.
Boeing (NYSE:BA) and Honeywell International (NASDAQ:HON) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Honeywell International has a net margin of 15.52% compared to Boeing's net margin of -2.81%. Honeywell International's return on equity of 35.88% beat Boeing's return on equity.
Boeing currently has a consensus target price of $220.89, suggesting a potential upside of 17.00%. Honeywell International has a consensus target price of $224.50, suggesting a potential upside of 10.97%. Given Boeing's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Boeing is more favorable than Honeywell International.
Boeing has a beta of 1.56, meaning that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Honeywell International has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Boeing received 834 more outperform votes than Honeywell International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.33% of users gave Honeywell International an outperform vote while only 70.10% of users gave Boeing an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Boeing had 36 more articles in the media than Honeywell International. MarketBeat recorded 94 mentions for Boeing and 58 mentions for Honeywell International. Honeywell International's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Boeing's score of 0.03 indicating that Honeywell International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
64.8% of Boeing shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Honeywell International shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Boeing shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Honeywell International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Honeywell International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Boeing. Boeing is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Honeywell International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Honeywell International beats Boeing on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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