Boeing (BA) Competitors

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BA vs. HON, LMT, TDG, GD, 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), TransDigm Group (TDG), General Dynamics (GD), 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 vs.

Honeywell International (NASDAQ:HON) and Boeing (NYSE:BA) are both large-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Honeywell International presently has a consensus price target of $248.71, suggesting a potential upside of 22.67%. Boeing has a consensus price target of $195.16, suggesting a potential upside of 5.77%. Given Honeywell International's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Honeywell International is more favorable than Boeing.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Honeywell International
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.53
Boeing
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.61

Honeywell International has a net margin of 14.82% compared to Boeing's net margin of -17.76%. Honeywell International's return on equity of 35.78% beat Boeing's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Honeywell International14.82% 35.78% 9.04%
Boeing -17.76%N/A -9.19%

Honeywell International has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boeing has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Honeywell International has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Honeywell International$38.50B3.42$5.66B$8.7123.28
Boeing$66.52B2.08-$11.82B-$18.32-10.07

In the previous week, Boeing had 28 more articles in the media than Honeywell International. MarketBeat recorded 90 mentions for Boeing and 62 mentions for Honeywell International. Honeywell International's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Boeing's score of 0.83 indicating that Honeywell International is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Honeywell International
49 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Boeing
48 Very Positive mention(s)
10 Positive mention(s)
25 Neutral mention(s)
6 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Boeing received 843 more outperform votes than Honeywell International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.41% of users gave Honeywell International an outperform vote while only 70.10% of users gave Boeing an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Honeywell InternationalOutperform Votes
1201
74.41%
Underperform Votes
413
25.59%
BoeingOutperform Votes
2044
70.10%
Underperform Votes
872
29.90%

75.9% of Honeywell International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.8% of Boeing shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Honeywell International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Boeing shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Honeywell International beats Boeing on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BA vs. The Competition

MetricBoeingAircraft IndustryAerospace SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$138.40B$13.95B$18.95B$20.30B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A1.32%3.68%
P/E Ratio-10.0713.2241.4545.83
Price / Sales2.08731.787.7616.48
Price / CashN/A28.1331.9320.33
Price / Book-35.286.115.855.73
Net Income-$11.82B-$990.37M$369.74M$1.00B
7 Day Performance2.18%-1.43%-3.08%0.13%
1 Month Performance7.82%-7.25%-2.71%1.37%
1 Year Performance-9.50%10.25%37.74%16.03%

Boeing Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BA
Boeing
3.295 of 5 stars
$184.52
-0.5%
$195.16
+5.8%
-9.5%$138.40B$66.52B-10.07171,000Short Interest ↓
HON
Honeywell International
4.9407 of 5 stars
$207.79
+1.1%
$248.21
+19.5%
+2.8%$135.09B$38.50B23.8595,000Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
LMT
Lockheed Martin
4.9393 of 5 stars
$447.04
+0.6%
$555.60
+24.3%
-0.2%$105.15B$71.04B20.07121,000Positive News
TDG
TransDigm Group
4.4217 of 5 stars
$1,322.03
-0.4%
$1,462.35
+10.6%
+14.7%$74.02B$7.94B46.5616,600
GD
General Dynamics
4.8723 of 5 stars
$255.80
+0.4%
$300.06
+17.3%
-10.2%$70.33B$47.72B18.75111,600Positive News
NOC
Northrop Grumman
4.6916 of 5 stars
$474.69
+1.3%
$544.31
+14.7%
-2.7%$68.64B$41.03B16.7397,000Positive News
HEI
HEICO
1.9986 of 5 stars
$232.76
-0.9%
$270.20
+16.1%
+13.6%$32.31B$3.86B63.5810,000Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
TDY
Teledyne Technologies
3.7687 of 5 stars
$506.39
-1.0%
$538.00
+6.2%
+13.3%$23.57B$5.67B29.3614,900Analyst Revision
Positive News
TXT
Textron
4.7572 of 5 stars
$74.20
-0.4%
$93.45
+26.0%
-15.6%$13.77B$13.70B17.2235,000Analyst Revision
News Coverage
CW
Curtiss-Wright
4.1494 of 5 stars
$352.45
-0.7%
$386.86
+9.8%
+38.4%$13.37B$2.85B33.348,600Earnings Report
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
HII
Huntington Ingalls Industries
4.8807 of 5 stars
$168.76
+0.2%
$226.67
+34.3%
-43.4%$6.61B$11.54B12.1044,000Insider Trade

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This page (NYSE:BA) was last updated on 2/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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