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NOC vs. GE, BA, HON, LMT, TDG, GD, HEI, TDY, CW, and TXT

Should you be buying Northrop Grumman stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Northrop Grumman include GE Aerospace (GE), Boeing (BA), Honeywell International (HON), Lockheed Martin (LMT), TransDigm Group (TDG), General Dynamics (GD), HEICO (HEI), Teledyne Technologies (TDY), Curtiss-Wright (CW), and Textron (TXT). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.

Northrop Grumman vs.

Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) and GE Aerospace (NYSE:GE) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and earnings.

Northrop Grumman has a beta of 0.15, suggesting that its stock price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GE Aerospace has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Northrop Grumman pays an annual dividend of $8.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. GE Aerospace pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Northrop Grumman pays out 32.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. GE Aerospace pays out 22.4% 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. Northrop Grumman has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years and GE Aerospace has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Northrop Grumman is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

GE Aerospace has a net margin of 14.31% compared to Northrop Grumman's net margin of 10.17%. Northrop Grumman's return on equity of 26.24% beat GE Aerospace's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Northrop Grumman10.17% 26.24% 7.96%
GE Aerospace 14.31%22.19%3.66%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Northrop Grumman$40.37B1.68$4.17B$25.3418.60
GE Aerospace$39.68B6.23$6.56B$6.4336.07

83.4% of Northrop Grumman shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.8% of GE Aerospace shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Northrop Grumman shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of GE Aerospace shares are owned 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.

Northrop Grumman currently has a consensus target price of $545.31, suggesting a potential upside of 15.67%. GE Aerospace has a consensus target price of $216.92, suggesting a potential downside of 6.47%. Given Northrop Grumman's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Northrop Grumman is more favorable than GE Aerospace.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Northrop Grumman
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.61
GE Aerospace
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.92

GE Aerospace received 1458 more outperform votes than Northrop Grumman when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.43% of users gave GE Aerospace an outperform vote while only 62.28% of users gave Northrop Grumman an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Northrop GrummanOutperform Votes
682
62.28%
Underperform Votes
413
37.72%
GE AerospaceOutperform Votes
2140
75.43%
Underperform Votes
697
24.57%

In the previous week, GE Aerospace had 21 more articles in the media than Northrop Grumman. MarketBeat recorded 63 mentions for GE Aerospace and 42 mentions for Northrop Grumman. Northrop Grumman's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat GE Aerospace's score of 1.06 indicating that Northrop Grumman is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Northrop Grumman
27 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
GE Aerospace
40 Very Positive mention(s)
10 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Northrop Grumman and GE Aerospace tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NOC vs. The Competition

MetricNorthrop GrummanSearch & navigation equipment IndustryAerospace SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$67.93B$15.10B$21.46B$19.29B
Dividend Yield1.74%1.55%1.19%3.83%
P/E Ratio16.6519.0348.5434.47
Price / Sales1.6837.595.7834.86
Price / Cash12.1721.6029.9017.51
Price / Book4.4632.085.964.67
Net Income$4.17B$687.20M$326.81M$1.02B
7 Day Performance0.32%-1.06%-0.47%-2.17%
1 Month Performance1.65%26.07%19.33%7.01%
1 Year Performance-0.72%38.41%29.69%3.59%

Northrop Grumman Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NOC
Northrop Grumman
4.4902 of 5 stars
$473.07
-0.2%
$545.31
+15.3%
+0.4%$68.09B$40.37B16.6995,000Positive News
Dividend Increase
GE
GE Aerospace
4.3477 of 5 stars
$235.70
+1.7%
$216.92
-8.0%
+45.0%$251.35B$39.68B39.35172,000Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
BA
Boeing
3.2738 of 5 stars
$205.09
-0.4%
$204.35
-0.4%
+10.0%$154.64B$69.44B-11.19156,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
HON
Honeywell International
4.3899 of 5 stars
$224.82
+0.9%
$245.23
+9.1%
+9.0%$144.49B$39.22B25.8197,000Trending News
Analyst Revision
LMT
Lockheed Martin
4.8358 of 5 stars
$473.82
+1.2%
$541.80
+14.3%
+0.4%$111.01B$71.81B21.29116,000Trending News
TDG
TransDigm Group
3.0331 of 5 stars
$1,447.29
+1.7%
$1,490.20
+3.0%
+5.3%$81.29B$8.39B51.0514,400Positive News
Insider Trade
GD
General Dynamics
4.6594 of 5 stars
$280.71
flat
$293.00
+4.4%
-6.5%$75.34B$49.21B20.58106,500Trending News
Analyst Revision
HEI
HEICO
2.5341 of 5 stars
$281.54
+1.0%
$267.36
-5.0%
+24.4%$39.12B$3.99B76.926,500Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
TDY
Teledyne Technologies
3.6137 of 5 stars
$496.66
-0.5%
$542.50
+9.2%
+20.0%$23.27B$5.77B28.8314,700Positive News
Analyst Revision
CW
Curtiss-Wright
3.4953 of 5 stars
$416.97
+1.7%
$377.43
-9.5%
+45.7%$15.70B$3.21B39.528,100Positive News
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
TXT
Textron
3.7818 of 5 stars
$76.40
-0.4%
$87.70
+14.8%
-17.4%$13.79B$13.87B17.7334,000Positive News
Analyst Revision

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This page (NYSE:NOC) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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