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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

Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) and Boeing (NYSE:BA) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation and profitability.

Northrop Grumman has a net margin of 9.74% compared to Boeing's net margin of -16.58%. Northrop Grumman's return on equity of 25.52% beat Boeing's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Northrop Grumman9.74% 25.52% 7.89%
Boeing -16.58%N/A -8.57%

Northrop Grumman has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Northrop Grumman$40.50B2.02$4.17B$27.1321.10
Boeing$66.52B2.57-$11.82B-$17.92-12.64

Northrop Grumman has a beta of 0.15, suggesting that its share price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boeing has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Northrop Grumman currently has a consensus target price of $586.79, suggesting a potential upside of 2.49%. Boeing has a consensus target price of $223.59, suggesting a potential downside of 1.26%. Given Northrop Grumman's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Northrop Grumman is more favorable than Boeing.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Northrop Grumman
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56
Boeing
3 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.77

83.4% of Northrop Grumman shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.8% of Boeing shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Northrop Grumman shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Boeing shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Boeing had 95 more articles in the media than Northrop Grumman. MarketBeat recorded 138 mentions for Boeing and 43 mentions for Northrop Grumman. Northrop Grumman's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Boeing's score of 0.49 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
28 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Boeing
58 Very Positive mention(s)
15 Positive mention(s)
31 Neutral mention(s)
18 Negative mention(s)
13 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Northrop Grumman beats Boeing on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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.
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NOC vs. The Competition

MetricNorthrop GrummanAEROSP/DEFENSE IndustryAerospace SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$81.42B$45.07B$27.07B$21.03B
Dividend Yield1.62%1.16%0.97%3.60%
P/E Ratio21.1017.0283.2227.92
Price / Sales2.023.886.7068.05
Price / Cash15.7926.1436.1023.29
Price / Book5.305.898.454.54
Net Income$4.17B$586.89M$368.78M$993.24M
7 Day Performance0.84%-6.45%-3.47%-1.51%
1 Month Performance14.36%2.23%2.28%3.16%
1 Year Performance17.62%28.95%49.59%9.14%

Northrop Grumman Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NOC
Northrop Grumman
4.108 of 5 stars
$572.51
+0.7%
$586.79
+2.5%
+19.9%$81.42B$40.50B21.1097,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
BA
Boeing
3.4626 of 5 stars
$229.49
-0.7%
$221.55
-3.5%
+22.1%$172.92B$66.52B-12.81172,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
GD
General Dynamics
4.8237 of 5 stars
$299.22
-0.3%
$294.53
-1.6%
+8.6%$80.25B$47.72B20.75117,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
HII
Huntington Ingalls Industries
4.4082 of 5 stars
$254.37
-0.4%
$251.38
-1.2%
-6.0%$9.99B$11.46B18.3344,000Upcoming Earnings
LDOS
Leidos
4.5762 of 5 stars
$162.57
-0.1%
$175.15
+7.7%
+5.6%$20.92B$16.93B16.3648,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
LHX
L3Harris Technologies
4.5687 of 5 stars
$264.71
-0.3%
$263.81
-0.3%
+21.0%$49.50B$21.33B31.4047,000Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
LMT
Lockheed Martin
4.6606 of 5 stars
$464.14
-1.1%
$532.69
+14.8%
-20.5%$108.70B$71.04B20.05121,000Trending News
RTX
RTX
4.1947 of 5 stars
$151.68
+0.1%
$164.28
+8.3%
+37.1%$202.64B$80.74B44.48186,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
TDY
Teledyne Technologies
3.2187 of 5 stars
$564.28
+0.9%
$557.63
-1.2%
+30.5%$26.44B$5.67B32.2414,900Earnings Report
Insider Trade
Buyback Announcement
High Trading Volume
TXT
Textron
4.6683 of 5 stars
$84.95
-0.5%
$89.33
+5.2%
-14.5%$15.34B$13.70B19.2634,000Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
GE
GE Aerospace
4.479 of 5 stars
$263.49
+1.2%
$240.33
-8.8%
+58.9%$280.75B$38.70B36.7553,000Positive News

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