RTX (RTX) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend HEI.A or RTX?

RTX has a consensus target price of $159.82, suggesting a potential upside of 13.41%. Given RTX's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe RTX is more favorable than HEICO.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HEICO	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
RTX	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HEI.A or RTX?

HEICO received 64 more outperform votes than RTX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.20% of users gave HEICO an outperform vote while only 58.57% of users gave RTX an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HEICO	Outperform Votes 211 67.20%	Underperform Votes 103 32.80%
RTX	Outperform Votes 147 58.57%	Underperform Votes 104 41.43%

Which has more risk & volatility, HEI.A or RTX?

HEICO has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RTX has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to HEI.A or RTX?

In the previous week, RTX had 73 more articles in the media than HEICO. MarketBeat recorded 79 mentions for RTX and 6 mentions for HEICO. RTX's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat HEICO's score of 0.30 indicating that RTX is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HEICO	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
RTX	43 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	25 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is HEI.A or RTX more profitable?

HEICO has a net margin of 13.33% compared to RTX's net margin of 5.91%. HEICO's return on equity of 14.63% beat RTX's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HEICO	13.33%	14.63%	6.92%
RTX	5.91%	12.45%	4.75%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, HEI.A or RTX?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
HEICO	$4.13B	7.98	$514.11M	$4.28	55.39
RTX	$81.74B	2.30	$4.77B	$3.41	41.33

Is HEI.A or RTX a better dividend stock?

HEICO pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. RTX pays an annual dividend of $2.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. HEICO pays out 5.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RTX pays out 79.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. RTX has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. RTX is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in HEI.A or RTX?

59.0% of HEICO shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.5% of RTX shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.8% of HEICO shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of RTX 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.

Summary

HEICO and RTX tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.