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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

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) and General Dynamics (NYSE:GD) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Huntington Ingalls Industries4.54% 11.34% 4.43%
General Dynamics 8.13%17.99%7.21%

In the previous week, General Dynamics had 49 more articles in the media than Huntington Ingalls Industries. MarketBeat recorded 64 mentions for General Dynamics and 15 mentions for Huntington Ingalls Industries. General Dynamics' average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Huntington Ingalls Industries' score of 1.19 indicating that General Dynamics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Huntington Ingalls Industries
12 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
General Dynamics
42 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Huntington Ingalls Industries$11.57B0.96$550M$13.3621.29
General Dynamics$47.72B1.94$3.78B$14.9023.07

Huntington Ingalls Industries has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General Dynamics has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

90.5% of Huntington Ingalls Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.1% of General Dynamics shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Huntington Ingalls Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of General Dynamics 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.

Huntington Ingalls Industries pays an annual dividend of $5.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. General Dynamics pays an annual dividend of $6.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Huntington Ingalls Industries pays out 40.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. General Dynamics pays out 40.3% 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. Huntington Ingalls Industries has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years and General Dynamics has increased its dividend for 34 consecutive years.

Huntington Ingalls Industries presently has a consensus target price of $264.43, suggesting a potential downside of 7.01%. General Dynamics has a consensus target price of $315.78, suggesting a potential downside of 8.14%. Given Huntington Ingalls Industries' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Huntington Ingalls Industries is more favorable than General Dynamics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Huntington Ingalls Industries
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20
General Dynamics
1 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.48

Summary

General Dynamics beats Huntington Ingalls Industries on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GD vs. The Competition

MetricGeneral DynamicsAEROSP/DEFENSE IndustryAerospace SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$92.47B$50.23B$30.04B$21.78B
Dividend Yield1.75%1.05%0.90%3.55%
P/E Ratio23.0723.6988.4429.82
Price / Sales1.944.857.7466.04
Price / Cash19.9026.5035.5118.31
Price / Book4.216.0810.234.65
Net Income$3.78B$587.31M$379.66M$1.00B
7 Day Performance3.48%6.45%4.07%1.20%
1 Month Performance6.49%13.42%11.02%3.32%
1 Year Performance14.33%56.71%62.31%13.11%

General Dynamics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GD
General Dynamics
4.6731 of 5 stars
$343.76
+0.8%
$315.78
-8.1%
+14.3%$92.47B$47.72B23.07117,000Trending News
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HII
Huntington Ingalls Industries
4.5475 of 5 stars
$280.16
+0.5%
$264.43
-5.6%
+10.1%$10.99B$11.54B20.9644,000Positive News
HXL
Hexcel
4.0093 of 5 stars
$61.70
-2.6%
$65.00
+5.4%
+7.5%$4.90B$1.90B57.075,894Positive News
LDOS
Leidos
4.182 of 5 stars
$185.71
+0.4%
$185.21
-0.3%
+17.6%$23.82B$16.66B17.5548,000Positive News
LHX
L3Harris Technologies
4.3709 of 5 stars
$295.88
+0.8%
$279.47
-5.5%
+22.1%$55.36B$21.33B33.0647,000
LMT
Lockheed Martin
4.2313 of 5 stars
$491.38
+0.8%
$494.00
+0.5%
-16.6%$114.66B$71.04B27.65121,000Positive News
NOC
Northrop Grumman
4.4354 of 5 stars
$592.67
-0.3%
$588.85
-0.6%
+13.7%$84.86B$41.03B21.8597,000Positive News
RTX
RTX
4.6531 of 5 stars
$163.18
-0.1%
$158.87
-2.6%
+33.5%$218.11B$80.74B35.81186,000Trending News
TXT
Textron
4.1162 of 5 stars
$83.83
+0.4%
$92.45
+10.3%
+0.2%$14.93B$13.70B18.9534,000Positive News
GE
GE Aerospace
4.7307 of 5 stars
$293.87
-0.3%
$241.92
-17.7%
+59.0%$311.37B$38.70B40.9553,000Positive News
BA
Boeing
3.6484 of 5 stars
$216.73
-2.0%
$230.77
+6.5%
+39.6%$163.79B$66.52B-13.12172,000Trending News

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