RTX vs. HEI.A, ESLT, SARO, ERJ, LOAR, ACHR, KRMN, JOBY, EVEX, and EH
Should you be buying RTX stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RTX include HEICO (HEI.A), Elbit Systems (ESLT), StandardAero (SARO), Embraer (ERJ), Loar (LOAR), Archer Aviation (ACHR), Karman (KRMN), Joby Aviation (JOBY), EVE (EVEX), and EHang (EH). These companies are all part of the "aircraft" industry.
RTX vs.
RTX (NYSE:RTX) and HEICO (NYSE:HEI.A) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends and earnings.
86.5% of RTX shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.0% of HEICO shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of RTX shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.8% of HEICO shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
RTX presently has a consensus price target of $159.82, suggesting a potential upside of 19.27%. Given RTX's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe RTX is more favorable than HEICO.
In the previous week, RTX had 60 more articles in the media than HEICO. MarketBeat recorded 63 mentions for RTX and 3 mentions for HEICO. RTX's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat HEICO's score of 0.00 indicating that RTX is being referred to more favorably in the media.
RTX has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HEICO has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
RTX pays an annual dividend of $2.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. HEICO pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. 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. HEICO pays out 5.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RTX has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. RTX is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
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.
HEICO received 65 more outperform votes than RTX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.20% of users gave HEICO an outperform vote while only 58.40% of users gave RTX an outperform vote.
Summary
RTX and HEICO tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:RTX) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
