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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

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Boeing-16.58% N/A -8.57%
Northrop Grumman 9.19%25.46%7.79%

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Boeing
51 Very Positive mention(s)
15 Positive mention(s)
15 Neutral mention(s)
7 Negative mention(s)
5 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Northrop Grumman
24 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Boeing
3 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.72
Northrop Grumman
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Boeing$66.52B2.48-$11.82B-$17.92-12.20
Northrop Grumman$41.03B1.77$4.17B$25.3419.92

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$73.10B$43.46B$26.34B$20.52B
Dividend Yield1.82%1.18%1.00%3.76%
P/E Ratio19.9211.8566.5926.72
Price / Sales1.773.706.5340.48
Price / Cash14.1125.2235.4822.26
Price / Book4.785.848.164.58
Net Income$4.17B$586.89M$369.21M$982.91M
7 Day Performance0.25%3.56%2.02%1.31%
1 Month Performance3.11%6.75%5.48%4.85%
1 Year Performance17.38%35.87%51.56%14.09%

Northrop Grumman Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NOC
Northrop Grumman
4.6833 of 5 stars
$504.76
-0.6%
$550.00
+9.0%
+16.8%$73.10B$41.03B19.9297,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
BA
Boeing
3.2522 of 5 stars
$208.55
-2.8%
$215.77
+3.5%
+18.2%$157.25B$69.44B-11.64172,000Trending News
GD
General Dynamics
4.745 of 5 stars
$292.08
+0.5%
$290.24
-0.6%
+4.7%$78.39B$47.72B20.26106,500Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
HII
Huntington Ingalls Industries
4.4709 of 5 stars
$241.05
+1.0%
$236.38
-1.9%
+4.4%$9.46B$11.54B17.3744,000Positive News
LDOS
Leidos
4.4056 of 5 stars
$157.52
+1.2%
$177.46
+12.7%
+13.0%$20.28B$16.66B15.8548,000Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
LHX
L3Harris Technologies
4.217 of 5 stars
$250.06
+1.2%
$258.75
+3.5%
+14.5%$46.75B$21.33B29.6646,000Positive News
LMT
Lockheed Martin
4.7608 of 5 stars
$462.06
+0.8%
$541.80
+17.3%
+1.5%$108.26B$71.81B19.96121,000Trending News
RTX
RTX
4.8771 of 5 stars
$145.76
+0.8%
$161.12
+10.5%
+45.5%$194.73B$80.74B42.74186,000Trending News
TDY
Teledyne Technologies
3.2361 of 5 stars
$509.43
-0.1%
$554.43
+8.8%
+35.0%$23.87B$5.67B29.1114,700Positive News
TXT
Textron
3.5956 of 5 stars
$80.18
-0.2%
$88.36
+10.2%
-4.2%$14.48B$13.70B18.1834,000Analyst Downgrade
GE
GE Aerospace
4.7346 of 5 stars
$257.05
+1.0%
$223.75
-13.0%
+55.1%$274.12B$38.70B39.9853,000Positive News

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