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United Technologies (UTX) Competitors

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UTX vs. GE, BA, HON, LMT, TDG, GD, NOC, 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), TransDigm Group (TDG), General Dynamics (GD), Northrop Grumman (NOC), HEICO (HEI), Teledyne Technologies (TDY), and Curtiss-Wright (CW). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.

United Technologies vs.

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

GE Aerospace has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Technologies has a beta of 1.42, indicating 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of United Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, GE Aerospace had 55 more articles in the media than United Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 55 mentions for GE Aerospace and 0 mentions for United Technologies. GE Aerospace's average media sentiment score of 1.18 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 received 1225 more outperform votes than United Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.43% of users gave GE Aerospace an outperform vote while only 75.12% of users gave United Technologies an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
GE AerospaceOutperform Votes
2140
75.43%
Underperform Votes
697
24.57%
United TechnologiesOutperform Votes
915
75.12%
Underperform Votes
303
24.88%

GE Aerospace pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. United Technologies pays an annual dividend of $2.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. GE Aerospace pays out 22.4% 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 has a net margin of 14.31% compared to United Technologies' net margin of 7.19%. GE Aerospace's return on equity of 22.19% beat United Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
GE Aerospace14.31% 22.19% 3.66%
United Technologies 7.19%16.60%5.14%

GE Aerospace currently has a consensus target price of $216.92, indicating a potential downside of 6.84%. Given GE Aerospace's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities 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)
1 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.92
United Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

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$39.68B6.26$6.56B$6.4336.21
United Technologies$77.05B1.49$5.54B$8.2616.02

Summary

GE Aerospace beats United Technologies on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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UTX vs. The Competition

MetricUnited TechnologiesAircraft Engines & Engine Parts IndustryMulti-Sector SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$114.64B$56.88B$13.58B$19.26B
Dividend Yield3.42%1.02%3.62%3.85%
P/E Ratio20.6539.1021.9734.42
Price / Sales1.493.793.3634.89
Price / Cash6.8028.4713.3517.51
Price / Book2.585.382.094.69
Net Income$5.54B$1.92B$959.43M$1.02B

United Technologies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UTX
United Technologies
N/A$132.35
-0.8%
N/A+24.5%$114.64B$77.05B20.65243,200
GE
GE Aerospace
4.3412 of 5 stars
$218.73
+1.8%
$216.92
-0.8%
+39.2%$233.25B$39.68B36.52172,000Positive News
BA
Boeing
3.2292 of 5 stars
$198.40
+1.8%
$201.85
+1.7%
+16.0%$149.59B$69.44B-10.83156,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
HON
Honeywell International
4.7045 of 5 stars
$219.34
+3.0%
$242.23
+10.4%
+11.2%$140.97B$39.22B25.1897,000Trending News
Analyst Revision
LMT
Lockheed Martin
4.8368 of 5 stars
$473.12
-0.1%
$541.80
+14.5%
+0.4%$110.85B$71.81B21.25116,000Positive News
TDG
TransDigm Group
3.0171 of 5 stars
$1,415.96
+3.1%
$1,490.20
+5.2%
+6.2%$79.53B$8.39B49.9514,400Positive News
Insider Trade
GD
General Dynamics
4.6504 of 5 stars
$276.45
+1.8%
$293.00
+6.0%
-8.2%$74.20B$49.21B20.27106,500Trending News
Analyst Revision
NOC
Northrop Grumman
4.4767 of 5 stars
$479.27
-0.7%
$545.31
+13.8%
+1.0%$68.98B$40.37B16.9195,000Positive News
Dividend Increase
HEI
HEICO
2.5296 of 5 stars
$268.47
+1.6%
$267.36
-0.4%
+23.1%$37.30B$3.99B73.356,500Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
TDY
Teledyne Technologies
3.609 of 5 stars
$493.35
+1.7%
$542.50
+10.0%
+20.8%$23.12B$5.77B28.6314,700Positive News
CW
Curtiss-Wright
3.349 of 5 stars
$386.89
+0.6%
$377.43
-2.4%
+52.6%$14.57B$3.21B36.678,100Positive News
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:UTX) was last updated on 5/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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