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RTX vs. BA, GD, LMT, NOC, HEI.A, ESLT, JOBY, SARO, ERJ, 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), StandardAero (SARO), Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica (ERJ), and Karman (KRMN).

RTX vs. Its Competitors

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

RTX presently has a consensus target price of $165.11, suggesting a potential upside of 10.62%. Boeing has a consensus target price of $221.55, suggesting a potential downside of 3.02%. Given RTX's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe RTX is more favorable than Boeing.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
RTX
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.91
Boeing
3 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.72

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
RTX$80.74B2.47$4.77B$3.4143.77
Boeing$66.52B2.59-$11.82B-$17.92-12.75

RTX has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boeing has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, RTX had 5 more articles in the media than Boeing. MarketBeat recorded 87 mentions for RTX and 82 mentions for Boeing. RTX's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Boeing's score of 0.53 indicating that RTX is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
RTX
56 Very Positive mention(s)
11 Positive mention(s)
15 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Boeing
37 Very Positive mention(s)
9 Positive mention(s)
14 Neutral mention(s)
14 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

86.5% of RTX shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.8% of Boeing shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of RTX shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Boeing shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

RTX has a net margin of 5.63% compared to Boeing's net margin of -16.58%. RTX's return on equity of 12.71% beat Boeing's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
RTX5.63% 12.71% 4.84%
Boeing -16.58%N/A -8.57%

Summary

RTX beats Boeing on 14 of the 17 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$202.48B$44.94B$27.45B$20.74B
Dividend Yield1.79%1.17%0.96%3.65%
P/E Ratio43.7717.5283.7827.65
Price / Sales2.474.076.6954.20
Price / Cash16.7325.3836.3522.19
Price / Book3.215.808.424.65
Net Income$4.77B$586.89M$368.78M$993.85M
7 Day Performance-0.62%0.93%0.54%1.86%
1 Month Performance2.31%8.49%8.09%5.63%
1 Year Performance42.20%34.80%51.06%10.35%

RTX Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RTX
RTX
4.7828 of 5 stars
$149.26
-1.5%
$165.11
+10.6%
+43.8%$202.48B$80.74B43.77186,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
BA
Boeing
3.3891 of 5 stars
$230.80
+0.6%
$221.55
-4.0%
+27.7%$174.03B$66.52B-12.88172,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
GD
General Dynamics
4.8296 of 5 stars
$298.10
-0.3%
$294.53
-1.2%
+2.2%$80.04B$47.72B20.68117,000Trending News
Earnings Report
LMT
Lockheed Martin
4.8726 of 5 stars
$463.18
-0.2%
$532.69
+15.0%
-13.5%$108.59B$71.04B20.02121,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
NOC
Northrop Grumman
4.3193 of 5 stars
$519.51
+0.1%
$550.00
+5.9%
+28.6%$74.81B$41.03B20.5197,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
HEI.A
Heico
N/A$253.16
+0.0%
N/A+39.9%$35.26B$4.13B59.236,500
ESLT
Elbit Systems
2.2402 of 5 stars
$437.98
+1.2%
N/A+136.0%$19.45B$6.83B55.5419,712Positive News
JOBY
Joby Aviation
1.3799 of 5 stars
$17.23
-3.1%
$9.33
-45.8%
+155.7%$13.75B$140K-20.672,029Gap Down
High Trading Volume
SARO
StandardAero
2.0104 of 5 stars
$30.02
-1.3%
$34.67
+15.5%
N/A$10.04B$5.24B0.007,700Positive News
ERJ
Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica
1.6992 of 5 stars
$49.27
-0.1%
$50.40
+2.3%
+76.0%$9.04B$6.39B22.8023,898Positive News
KRMN
Karman
N/A$56.28
+1.0%
$49.25
-12.5%
N/A$7.44B$345.25M0.001,113Positive News
Gap Down

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This page (NYSE:RTX) was last updated on 7/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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