Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) Vs. HON, BA, NOC, GD, TDG, TDY, HEI, TXT, HII, and CW
Should you be buying Lockheed Martin stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lockheed Martin include Honeywell International (HON), Boeing (BA), Northrop Grumman (NOC), General Dynamics (GD), TransDigm Group (TDG), Teledyne Technologies (TDY), HEICO (HEI), Textron (TXT), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), and Curtiss-Wright (CW). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.
Lockheed Martin vs.
Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) and Boeing (NYSE:BA) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, community ranking and profitability.
Lockheed Martin has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boeing has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lockheed Martin has higher revenue and earnings than Boeing. Boeing is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lockheed Martin, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Boeing received 1236 more outperform votes than Lockheed Martin when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.79% of users gave Boeing an outperform vote while only 60.34% of users gave Lockheed Martin an outperform vote.
74.4% of Lockheed Martin shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.4% of Boeing shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Lockheed Martin 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 will outperform the market over the long term.
Lockheed Martin currently has a consensus price target of $380.40, indicating a potential upside of 10.99%. Boeing has a consensus price target of $268.22, indicating a potential upside of 34.64%. Given Boeing's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Boeing is more favorable than Lockheed Martin.
Lockheed Martin has a net margin of 9.13% compared to Boeing's net margin of -13.50%. Lockheed Martin's return on equity of 104.60% beat Boeing's return on equity.
In the previous week, Boeing had 15 more articles in the media than Lockheed Martin. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Boeing and 3 mentions for Lockheed Martin. Lockheed Martin's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Boeing's score of -0.12 indicating that Lockheed Martin is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Lockheed Martin beats Boeing on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding LMT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) vs. Its Competitors
Lockheed Martin Competitors List
