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United Technologies (UTX) Competitors

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UTX vs. GE, BA, HON, LMT, GD, NOC, TDG, HEI, TDY, and CW

Should you be buying United Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Technologies include GE Aerospace (GE), Boeing (BA), Honeywell International (HON), Lockheed Martin (LMT), General Dynamics (GD), Northrop Grumman (NOC), Transdigm Group (TDG), Heico (HEI), Teledyne Technologies (TDY), and Curtiss-Wright (CW). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.

United Technologies vs. Its Competitors

GE Aerospace (NYSE:GE) and United Technologies (NYSE:UTX) are both large-cap aerospace & defense companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

GE Aerospace has a net margin of 18.64% compared to United Technologies' net margin of 7.19%. GE Aerospace's return on equity of 31.32% beat United Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
GE Aerospace18.64% 31.32% 4.86%
United Technologies 7.19%16.60%5.14%

In the previous week, GE Aerospace had 68 more articles in the media than United Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 68 mentions for GE Aerospace and 0 mentions for United Technologies. GE Aerospace's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat United Technologies' score of 0.00 indicating that GE Aerospace is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
GE Aerospace Positive
United Technologies Neutral

GE Aerospace has higher earnings, but lower revenue than United Technologies. United Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GE Aerospace, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
GE Aerospace$41.61B7.61$6.56B$7.1741.65
United Technologies$77.05B1.82$5.54B$8.2619.63

GE Aerospace has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Technologies has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

74.8% of GE Aerospace shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.7% of United Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of GE Aerospace shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of United Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

GE Aerospace pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. United Technologies pays an annual dividend of $2.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. GE Aerospace pays out 20.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. United Technologies pays out 35.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. GE Aerospace has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

GE Aerospace currently has a consensus target price of $251.31, suggesting a potential downside of 15.85%. Given GE Aerospace's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe GE Aerospace is more favorable than United Technologies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
GE Aerospace
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86
United Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Summary

GE Aerospace beats United Technologies on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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UTX vs. The Competition

MetricUnited TechnologiesAircraft Engines & Engine Parts IndustryMulti-Sector SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$140.47B$45.48M$15.08B$21.81B
Dividend Yield3.42%N/A3.34%3.58%
P/E Ratio25.30N/A10.1129.58
Price / Sales1.820.547.56100.09
Price / Cash6.80N/A39.5924.53
Price / Book3.171.342.134.63
Net Income$5.54B-$5.38M$923.61M$1.01B

United Technologies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UTX
United Technologies
N/A$162.18
-3.8%
N/A+36.5%$140.47B$77.05B25.30243,200
GE
GE Aerospace
4.7219 of 5 stars
$298.16
+0.4%
$241.92
-18.9%
+58.1%$314.95B$38.70B41.5853,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
BA
Boeing
3.5439 of 5 stars
$219.62
+1.5%
$233.91
+6.5%
+44.9%$163.56B$66.52B-13.30172,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
HON
Honeywell International
4.9086 of 5 stars
$209.00
0.0%
$254.07
+21.6%
-4.4%$132.73B$38.50B23.78102,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
LMT
Lockheed Martin
4.1752 of 5 stars
$514.46
+2.0%
$497.13
-3.4%
-16.1%$117.78B$71.04B28.97121,000Trending News
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
GD
General Dynamics
4.6486 of 5 stars
$346.60
+0.9%
$315.78
-8.9%
+14.8%$92.43B$47.72B23.26117,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
NOC
Northrop Grumman
4.3577 of 5 stars
$619.40
+1.6%
$588.85
-4.9%
+19.4%$87.28B$41.03B22.8397,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
TDG
Transdigm Group
4.5648 of 5 stars
$1,293.23
+0.3%
$1,588.50
+22.8%
-8.1%$72.63B$7.94B42.9216,600Positive News
Analyst Forecast
HEI
Heico
3.3223 of 5 stars
$322.26
+0.5%
$346.09
+7.4%
+20.8%$44.64B$3.86B70.5210,000
TDY
Teledyne Technologies
3.8423 of 5 stars
$593.52
+1.0%
$576.57
-2.9%
+29.4%$27.55B$5.67B32.6814,900Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
CW
Curtiss-Wright
4.0432 of 5 stars
$553.88
+3.0%
$468.14
-15.5%
+60.9%$20.27B$3.12B46.748,800Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision

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