GD vs. HII, HXL, LDOS, LHX, LMT, NOC, RTX, TXT, GE, and BA
Should you be buying General Dynamics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of General Dynamics include Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Hexcel (HXL), Leidos (LDOS), L3Harris Technologies (LHX), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Northrop Grumman (NOC), RTX (RTX), Textron (TXT), GE Aerospace (GE), and Boeing (BA).
General Dynamics vs. Its Competitors
General Dynamics (NYSE:GD) and Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings, media sentiment, valuation and institutional ownership.
General Dynamics currently has a consensus price target of $315.78, suggesting a potential downside of 3.40%. Huntington Ingalls Industries has a consensus price target of $264.43, suggesting a potential downside of 3.57%. Given General Dynamics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe General Dynamics is more favorable than Huntington Ingalls Industries.
General Dynamics has higher revenue and earnings than Huntington Ingalls Industries. Huntington Ingalls Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than General Dynamics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
86.1% of General Dynamics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.5% of Huntington Ingalls Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of General Dynamics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Huntington Ingalls Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
General Dynamics pays an annual dividend of $6.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Huntington Ingalls Industries pays an annual dividend of $5.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. General Dynamics pays out 40.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Huntington Ingalls Industries pays out 40.4% 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. General Dynamics has increased its dividend for 34 consecutive years and Huntington Ingalls Industries has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years.
General Dynamics has a net margin of 8.13% compared to Huntington Ingalls Industries' net margin of 4.54%. General Dynamics' return on equity of 17.99% beat Huntington Ingalls Industries' return on equity.
In the previous week, General Dynamics had 9 more articles in the media than Huntington Ingalls Industries. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for General Dynamics and 26 mentions for Huntington Ingalls Industries. General Dynamics' average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Huntington Ingalls Industries' score of 0.97 indicating that General Dynamics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
General Dynamics has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Huntington Ingalls Industries has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
General Dynamics beats Huntington Ingalls Industries on 17 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:GD) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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