NOC vs. BA, GD, HII, LDOS, LHX, LMT, RTX, TDY, TXT, and GE
Should you be buying Northrop Grumman stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Northrop Grumman include Boeing (BA), General Dynamics (GD), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Leidos (LDOS), L3Harris Technologies (LHX), Lockheed Martin (LMT), RTX (RTX), Teledyne Technologies (TDY), Textron (TXT), and GE Aerospace (GE).
Northrop Grumman vs. Its Competitors
Boeing (NYSE:BA) and Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and valuation.
Northrop Grumman has a net margin of 9.74% compared to Boeing's net margin of -14.18%. Northrop Grumman's return on equity of 25.52% beat Boeing's return on equity.
In the previous week, Boeing had 63 more articles in the media than Northrop Grumman. MarketBeat recorded 98 mentions for Boeing and 35 mentions for Northrop Grumman. Northrop Grumman's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Boeing's score of 0.67 indicating that Northrop Grumman is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Northrop Grumman has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Boeing. Boeing is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northrop Grumman, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
64.8% of Boeing shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.4% of Northrop Grumman shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Boeing shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Northrop Grumman shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Boeing has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northrop Grumman has a beta of 0.13, indicating that its stock price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Boeing presently has a consensus price target of $230.77, indicating a potential upside of 6.97%. Northrop Grumman has a consensus price target of $588.85, indicating a potential upside of 2.49%. Given Boeing's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Boeing is more favorable than Northrop Grumman.
Summary
Northrop Grumman beats Boeing on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:NOC) was last updated on 9/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
