Lockheed Martin (LMT) Competitors

GE Aerospace (NYSE:GE) and Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Which has more risk and volatility, GE or LMT?

GE Aerospace has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lockheed Martin has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer GE or LMT?

In the previous week, GE Aerospace had 2 more articles in the media than Lockheed Martin. MarketBeat recorded 56 mentions for GE Aerospace and 54 mentions for Lockheed Martin. Lockheed Martin's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat GE Aerospace's score of 1.02 indicating that Lockheed Martin is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
GE Aerospace	36 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Lockheed Martin	40 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is GE or LMT more profitable?

GE Aerospace has a net margin of 14.31% compared to Lockheed Martin's net margin of 7.51%. Lockheed Martin's return on equity of 101.47% beat GE Aerospace's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GE Aerospace	14.31%	22.19%	3.66%
Lockheed Martin	7.51%	101.47%	12.09%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of GE or LMT?

74.8% of GE Aerospace shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.2% of Lockheed Martin shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of GE Aerospace shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Lockheed Martin shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate GE or LMT?

GE Aerospace presently has a consensus price target of $216.92, indicating a potential upside of 5.03%. Lockheed Martin has a consensus price target of $544.79, indicating a potential upside of 15.73%. Given Lockheed Martin's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lockheed Martin is more favorable than GE Aerospace.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GE Aerospace	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Lockheed Martin	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56

Which has higher valuation & earnings, GE or LMT?

GE Aerospace has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lockheed Martin. Lockheed Martin is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GE Aerospace, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
GE Aerospace	$39.68B	5.55	$6.56B	$6.43	32.12
Lockheed Martin	$71.81B	1.54	$5.34B	$23.15	20.33

Is GE or LMT a better dividend stock?

GE Aerospace pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Lockheed Martin pays an annual dividend of $13.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. GE Aerospace pays out 22.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lockheed Martin pays out 57.0% 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. Lockheed Martin has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years. Lockheed Martin is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GE or LMT?

GE Aerospace received 1344 more outperform votes than Lockheed Martin when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.46% of users gave GE Aerospace an outperform vote while only 58.79% of users gave Lockheed Martin an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GE Aerospace	Outperform Votes 2140 75.46%	Underperform Votes 696 24.54%
Lockheed Martin	Outperform Votes 796 58.79%	Underperform Votes 558 41.21%

Summary

GE Aerospace beats Lockheed Martin on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.