TDY vs. NOC, DRS, LHX, TXT, LDOS, HII, HEI, CW, ESLT, and FTAI
Should you be buying Teledyne Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Teledyne Technologies include Northrop Grumman (NOC), Leonardo DRS (DRS), L3Harris Technologies (LHX), Textron (TXT), Leidos (LDOS), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), HEICO (HEI), Curtiss-Wright (CW), Elbit Systems (ESLT), and FTAI Aviation (FTAI). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) and Teledyne Technologies (NYSE:TDY) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Northrop Grumman has higher revenue and earnings than Teledyne Technologies. Teledyne Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northrop Grumman, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Teledyne Technologies has a net margin of 15.81% compared to Teledyne Technologies' net margin of 5.38%. Teledyne Technologies' return on equity of 24.09% beat Northrop Grumman's return on equity.
83.4% of Northrop Grumman shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Teledyne Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Northrop Grumman shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Teledyne Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Northrop Grumman presently has a consensus price target of $503.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.68%. Teledyne Technologies has a consensus price target of $474.86, indicating a potential upside of 26.75%. Given Northrop Grumman's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Teledyne Technologies is more favorable than Northrop Grumman.
In the previous week, Teledyne Technologies had 5 more articles in the media than Northrop Grumman. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Teledyne Technologies and 39 mentions for Northrop Grumman. Teledyne Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Northrop Grumman's score of -0.11 indicating that Northrop Grumman is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Northrop Grumman has a beta of 0.35, suggesting that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teledyne Technologies has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Northrop Grumman received 269 more outperform votes than Teledyne Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.43% of users gave Teledyne Technologies an outperform vote while only 62.39% of users gave Northrop Grumman an outperform vote.
Summary
Teledyne Technologies beats Northrop Grumman on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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