Lockheed Martin (LMT) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals believe in GE or LMT?

74.8% of GE Aerospace shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.2% of Lockheed Martin shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of GE Aerospace shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Lockheed Martin shares are held by company 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.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, 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	6.36	$6.56B	$6.43	36.78
Lockheed Martin	$71.81B	1.56	$5.34B	$23.15	20.71

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%

Which has more risk and volatility, GE or LMT?

GE Aerospace has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lockheed Martin has a beta of 0.29, indicating that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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 0.6%. 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. GE Aerospace has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and 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 favor GE or LMT?

GE Aerospace received 1344 more outperform votes than Lockheed Martin when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.44% of users gave GE Aerospace an outperform vote while only 58.73% of users gave Lockheed Martin an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GE Aerospace	Outperform Votes 2141 75.44%	Underperform Votes 697 24.56%
Lockheed Martin	Outperform Votes 797 58.73%	Underperform Votes 560 41.27%

Does the media favor GE or LMT?

In the previous week, Lockheed Martin had 13 more articles in the media than GE Aerospace. MarketBeat recorded 70 mentions for Lockheed Martin and 57 mentions for GE Aerospace. GE Aerospace's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Lockheed Martin's score of 0.92 indicating that GE Aerospace is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
GE Aerospace	45 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Lockheed Martin	43 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	8 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer GE or LMT?

GE Aerospace currently has a consensus target price of $221.15, indicating a potential downside of 6.49%. Lockheed Martin has a consensus target price of $541.80, indicating a potential upside of 13.01%. Given Lockheed Martin's higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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)	1 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.92
Lockheed Martin	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.53

Summary

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