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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Northrop Grumman and GE Aerospace tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:NOC) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff