RTX vs. HON, HEI, TATT, SIF, LMT, BA, GD, TDG, NOC, and LHX
Should you be buying RTX stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RTX include Honeywell International (HON), HEICO (HEI), TAT Technologies (TATT), SIFCO Industries (SIF), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Boeing (BA), General Dynamics (GD), TransDigm Group (TDG), Northrop Grumman (NOC), and L3Harris Technologies (LHX).
RTX (NYSE:RTX) and Honeywell International (NASDAQ:HON) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership and valuation.
86.5% of RTX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Honeywell International shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of RTX shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Honeywell International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Honeywell International has a net margin of 15.52% compared to RTX's net margin of 4.90%. Honeywell International's return on equity of 35.88% beat RTX's return on equity.
Honeywell International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than RTX. Honeywell International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RTX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
RTX has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Honeywell International has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, RTX had 18 more articles in the media than Honeywell International. MarketBeat recorded 79 mentions for RTX and 61 mentions for Honeywell International. Honeywell International's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat RTX's score of 0.32 indicating that Honeywell International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
RTX pays an annual dividend of $2.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Honeywell International pays an annual dividend of $4.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. RTX pays out 98.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Honeywell International pays out 50.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
RTX presently has a consensus price target of $148.69, indicating a potential upside of 30.48%. Honeywell International has a consensus price target of $224.50, indicating a potential upside of 10.73%. Given RTX's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe RTX is more favorable than Honeywell International.
Honeywell International received 1072 more outperform votes than RTX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.33% of users gave Honeywell International an outperform vote while only 55.00% of users gave RTX an outperform vote.
Summary
Honeywell International beats RTX on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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