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$503.40 +4.50 (+0.90%)
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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 valuation, profitability, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Northrop Grumman has a net margin of 9.19% compared to Boeing's net margin of -16.58%. Northrop Grumman's return on equity of 25.46% beat Boeing's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Northrop Grumman9.19% 25.46% 7.79%
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$41.03B1.77$4.17B$25.3419.87
Boeing$66.52B2.45-$11.82B-$17.92-12.04

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

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

Northrop Grumman presently has a consensus price target of $552.54, indicating a potential upside of 9.76%. Boeing has a consensus price target of $215.77, indicating a potential upside of 0.01%. Given Northrop Grumman's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly 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)
6 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Boeing
3 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.72

In the previous week, Boeing had 87 more articles in the media than Northrop Grumman. MarketBeat recorded 112 mentions for Boeing and 25 mentions for Northrop Grumman. Northrop Grumman's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Boeing's score of 0.84 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
22 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Boeing
57 Very Positive mention(s)
26 Positive mention(s)
22 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Northrop Grumman beats Boeing on 9 of the 16 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$72.57B$43.24B$25.86B$20.64B
Dividend Yield1.83%1.20%1.01%3.74%
P/E Ratio19.5317.5379.3928.10
Price / Sales1.773.876.5254.14
Price / Cash14.0025.2435.4122.31
Price / Book4.775.808.204.59
Net Income$4.17B$586.89M$369.21M$986.06M
7 Day Performance1.81%1.31%0.50%2.79%
1 Month Performance2.39%6.70%6.05%5.42%
1 Year Performance15.17%35.93%51.80%14.63%

Northrop Grumman Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NOC
Northrop Grumman
4.7156 of 5 stars
$503.40
+0.9%
$552.54
+9.8%
+15.2%$72.57B$41.03B19.5397,000Positive News
BA
Boeing
3.2944 of 5 stars
$208.55
-2.8%
$215.77
+3.5%
+17.1%$157.25B$69.44B-11.64172,000Trending News
GD
General Dynamics
4.7505 of 5 stars
$292.08
+0.5%
$290.24
-0.6%
+3.2%$78.39B$47.72B20.26106,500Positive News
HII
Huntington Ingalls Industries
4.4853 of 5 stars
$241.05
+1.0%
$236.38
-1.9%
+2.5%$9.46B$11.54B17.3744,000
LDOS
Leidos
4.4431 of 5 stars
$157.52
+1.2%
$177.46
+12.7%
+12.3%$20.28B$16.66B15.8548,000Positive News
LHX
L3Harris Technologies
4.6481 of 5 stars
$250.06
+1.2%
$258.75
+3.5%
+14.4%$46.75B$21.33B29.6646,000Positive News
LMT
Lockheed Martin
4.7618 of 5 stars
$462.06
+0.8%
$541.80
+17.3%
-0.6%$108.26B$71.81B19.96121,000Positive News
RTX
RTX
4.8126 of 5 stars
$145.76
+0.8%
$161.12
+10.5%
+44.7%$194.73B$80.74B42.74186,000Trending News
Dividend Announcement
TDY
Teledyne Technologies
3.242 of 5 stars
$509.43
-0.1%
$554.43
+8.8%
+33.7%$23.87B$5.67B29.1114,700
TXT
Textron
3.7948 of 5 stars
$80.18
-0.2%
$88.36
+10.2%
-4.3%$14.48B$13.70B18.1834,000Analyst Forecast
GE
GE Aerospace
4.7804 of 5 stars
$257.05
+1.0%
$223.75
-13.0%
+51.3%$274.12B$38.70B39.9853,000Trending News
Dividend Announcement

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