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RTX vs. BA, GD, LMT, NOC, HEI.A, ESLT, JOBY, ERJ, SARO, and KRMN

Should you be buying RTX stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RTX include Boeing (BA), General Dynamics (GD), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Northrop Grumman (NOC), Heico (HEI.A), Elbit Systems (ESLT), Joby Aviation (JOBY), Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica (ERJ), StandardAero (SARO), and Karman (KRMN).

RTX vs. Its Competitors

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

RTX has a net margin of 7.35% compared to Boeing's net margin of -14.18%. RTX's return on equity of 12.89% beat Boeing's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Boeing-14.18% N/A -7.78%
RTX 7.35%12.89%4.93%

64.8% of Boeing shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.5% of RTX shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Boeing shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of RTX shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Boeing has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RTX has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

RTX has higher revenue and earnings than Boeing. Boeing is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RTX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Boeing$66.52B2.46-$11.82B-$16.51-13.10
RTX$80.74B2.66$4.77B$4.5535.23

In the previous week, Boeing had 16 more articles in the media than RTX. MarketBeat recorded 93 mentions for Boeing and 77 mentions for RTX. RTX's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Boeing's score of 0.85 indicating that RTX is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Boeing
52 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
17 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
4 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
RTX
50 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
23 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Boeing currently has a consensus target price of $230.77, indicating a potential upside of 6.69%. RTX has a consensus target price of $158.87, indicating a potential downside of 0.91%. Given Boeing's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Boeing is more favorable than RTX.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Boeing
2 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
18 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.85
RTX
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.90

Summary

RTX beats Boeing on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding RTX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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RTX vs. The Competition

MetricRTXAEROSP/DEFENSE IndustryAerospace SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$214.59B$49.32B$29.50B$21.66B
Dividend Yield1.72%1.10%0.93%3.51%
P/E Ratio35.2323.0387.7030.08
Price / Sales2.664.547.6461.19
Price / Cash17.4724.9434.0618.30
Price / Book3.455.8810.204.64
Net Income$4.77B$587.31M$379.68M$1.00B
7 Day Performance1.08%6.35%4.14%0.98%
1 Month Performance2.59%5.41%5.93%2.77%
1 Year Performance33.30%35.83%54.96%15.20%

RTX Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RTX
RTX
4.5802 of 5 stars
$160.32
+0.6%
$158.87
-0.9%
+35.1%$214.59B$80.74B35.23186,000Trending News
BA
Boeing
3.4117 of 5 stars
$215.86
0.0%
$230.77
+6.9%
+38.5%$163.43B$75.33B-13.09172,000Trending News
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
GD
General Dynamics
4.5638 of 5 stars
$326.87
+0.2%
$315.78
-3.4%
+5.3%$87.93B$47.72B21.94117,000Positive News
LMT
Lockheed Martin
4.3778 of 5 stars
$473.80
+0.5%
$494.00
+4.3%
-16.0%$110.53B$71.04B26.66121,000Trending News
NOC
Northrop Grumman
4.2215 of 5 stars
$575.69
0.0%
$588.85
+2.3%
+9.8%$82.29B$40.50B21.1897,000Positive News
HEI.A
Heico
N/A$254.79
+1.5%
N/A+21.8%$35.46B$3.86B55.746,500
ESLT
Elbit Systems
3.3496 of 5 stars
$501.44
-1.6%
$540.00
+7.7%
+159.6%$22.26B$6.83B56.8419,712Positive News
JOBY
Joby Aviation
1.089 of 5 stars
$14.15
+1.0%
$10.50
-25.8%
+207.3%$12.11B$140K-13.222,029High Trading Volume
ERJ
Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica
2.7521 of 5 stars
$57.04
-0.5%
$59.40
+4.1%
+71.6%$10.48B$6.39B27.8523,898Trending News
SARO
StandardAero
3.9421 of 5 stars
$27.09
-0.2%
$34.40
+27.0%
N/A$9.07B$5.24B66.137,700Insider Trade
KRMN
Karman
2.0316 of 5 stars
$63.64
-1.1%
$60.60
-4.8%
N/A$8.42B$345.25M0.001,113Positive News

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This page (NYSE:RTX) was last updated on 9/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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