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$302.20 -1.18 (-0.39%)
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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 stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.

Huntington Ingalls Industries has a beta of 0.31, indicating that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General Dynamics has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Huntington Ingalls Industries pays an annual dividend of $5.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. General Dynamics pays an annual dividend of $6.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Huntington Ingalls Industries pays out 38.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. General Dynamics pays out 41.6% 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 raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years and General Dynamics has raised its dividend for 34 consecutive years. Huntington Ingalls Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

90.5% of Huntington Ingalls Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.1% of General Dynamics shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Huntington Ingalls Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of General Dynamics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, General Dynamics had 7 more articles in the media than Huntington Ingalls Industries. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for General Dynamics and 17 mentions for Huntington Ingalls Industries. General Dynamics' average media sentiment score of 1.59 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
11 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
General Dynamics
19 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

General Dynamics has a net margin of 8.08% compared to Huntington Ingalls Industries' net margin of 4.76%. General Dynamics' return on equity of 17.82% beat Huntington Ingalls Industries' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Huntington Ingalls Industries4.76% 12.26% 4.68%
General Dynamics 8.08%17.82%7.06%

Huntington Ingalls Industries presently has a consensus price target of $251.38, indicating a potential downside of 2.67%. General Dynamics has a consensus price target of $294.47, indicating a potential downside of 2.56%. Given General Dynamics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe General Dynamics is more favorable than Huntington Ingalls Industries.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Huntington Ingalls Industries
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.22
General Dynamics
1 Sell rating(s)
13 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.32

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$11.54B0.88$550M$13.8818.61
General Dynamics$49.21B1.65$3.78B$14.4220.96

Summary

General Dynamics beats Huntington Ingalls Industries on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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GD vs. The Competition

MetricGeneral DynamicsAEROSP/DEFENSE IndustryAerospace SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$81.11B$45.71B$26.96B$20.61B
Dividend Yield1.98%1.17%0.99%3.72%
P/E Ratio20.9617.7082.1927.81
Price / Sales1.654.016.4040.76
Price / Cash17.5024.9235.0722.32
Price / Book3.705.858.214.57
Net Income$3.78B$586.89M$369.21M$989.30M
7 Day Performance2.79%2.76%1.93%0.20%
1 Month Performance6.80%4.12%5.62%5.53%
1 Year Performance6.45%32.27%48.59%10.30%

General Dynamics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GD
General Dynamics
4.8274 of 5 stars
$302.20
-0.4%
$294.47
-2.6%
+6.4%$81.11B$49.21B20.96117,000Positive News
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HII
Huntington Ingalls Industries
4.5595 of 5 stars
$254.21
+0.8%
$236.38
-7.0%
+2.9%$9.98B$11.54B18.3244,000News Coverage
Positive News
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HXL
Hexcel
3.3646 of 5 stars
$57.26
-0.1%
$58.67
+2.5%
-11.8%$4.60B$1.90B37.925,894News Coverage
Analyst Revision
LDOS
Leidos
4.5219 of 5 stars
$164.38
-0.1%
$177.46
+8.0%
+8.1%$21.18B$16.66B16.5548,000Positive News
LHX
L3Harris Technologies
4.1828 of 5 stars
$256.78
+0.4%
$258.75
+0.8%
+12.4%$48.01B$21.33B30.4747,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
LMT
Lockheed Martin
4.7411 of 5 stars
$467.28
+1.0%
$541.80
+15.9%
+0.8%$109.48B$71.04B20.18121,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
NOC
Northrop Grumman
4.3426 of 5 stars
$507.01
+0.6%
$552.54
+9.0%
+19.1%$72.98B$41.03B20.0197,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
RTX
RTX
4.4018 of 5 stars
$145.38
-0.3%
$161.12
+10.8%
+44.9%$194.16B$80.74B42.62186,000Trending News
TXT
Textron
3.4949 of 5 stars
$81.41
-1.0%
$88.08
+8.2%
-4.2%$14.70B$13.70B18.4634,000News Coverage
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GE
GE Aerospace
4.2789 of 5 stars
$247.40
+0.4%
$223.75
-9.6%
+60.7%$263.73B$38.70B38.4653,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
BA
Boeing
3.3543 of 5 stars
$218.27
+1.1%
$215.77
-1.1%
+24.3%$164.70B$66.52B-12.19172,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision

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