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 stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.
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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Boeing has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northrop Grumman has a beta of 0.15, meaning that its share price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Boeing had 63 more articles in the media than Northrop Grumman. MarketBeat recorded 93 mentions for Boeing and 30 mentions for Northrop Grumman. Northrop Grumman's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Boeing's score of 0.86 indicating that Northrop Grumman is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Boeing presently has a consensus target price of $215.77, indicating a potential downside of 1.27%. Northrop Grumman has a consensus target price of $550.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.96%. Given Northrop Grumman's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Northrop Grumman is more favorable than Boeing.
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.
Summary
Northrop Grumman beats Boeing on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:NOC) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff