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This company recently went public with an IPO on the week of October 13th 2025. They issued 1,300,000 shares at $4.00 - $6.00 per share. We will continue to update data for UTX as it becomes available.

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

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

In the previous week, GE Aerospace had 71 more articles in the media than United Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 71 mentions for GE Aerospace and 0 mentions for United Technologies. GE Aerospace's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat United Technologies' score of 0.00 indicating that GE Aerospace is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
United Technologies Neutral
GE Aerospace Positive

United Technologies pays an annual dividend of $2.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. GE Aerospace pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. United Technologies pays out 35.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. GE Aerospace pays out 20.1% 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 consensus target price of $267.13, indicating a potential downside of 11.04%. Given GE Aerospace's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe GE Aerospace is more favorable than United Technologies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
United Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
GE Aerospace
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88

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
United Technologies7.19% 16.60% 5.14%
GE Aerospace 18.64%31.32%4.86%

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

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

GE Aerospace has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
United Technologies$77.05B1.79$5.54B$8.2619.23
GE Aerospace$38.70B8.23$6.56B$7.1741.88

Summary

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

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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$137.59B$44.34M$14.93B$21.83B
Dividend Yield3.42%N/A3.39%3.67%
P/E Ratio24.78N/A9.9829.94
Price / Sales1.790.537.2492.45
Price / Cash6.80N/A42.0617.79
Price / Book3.101.302.104.69
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$158.85
+0.7%
N/A+27.2%$137.59B$77.05B24.78243,200
GE
GE Aerospace
4.7099 of 5 stars
$298.16
+0.4%
$241.92
-18.9%
+55.6%$314.95B$38.70B41.5853,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
BA
Boeing
3.6022 of 5 stars
$219.62
+1.5%
$233.91
+6.5%
+42.7%$163.56B$66.52B-13.30172,000Trending News
HON
Honeywell International
4.8708 of 5 stars
$209.00
0.0%
$254.07
+21.6%
-6.1%$132.73B$38.50B23.78102,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
LMT
Lockheed Martin
4.1354 of 5 stars
$514.46
+2.0%
$497.13
-3.4%
-16.6%$117.78B$71.04B28.97121,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Increase
GD
General Dynamics
4.6373 of 5 stars
$346.60
+0.9%
$315.78
-8.9%
+11.8%$92.43B$47.72B23.26117,000Positive News
NOC
Northrop Grumman
4.2532 of 5 stars
$619.40
+1.6%
$588.85
-4.9%
+16.9%$87.28B$41.03B22.8397,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
TDG
Transdigm Group
4.4728 of 5 stars
$1,293.23
+0.3%
$1,588.50
+22.8%
-8.3%$72.63B$7.94B42.9216,600Analyst Revision
HEI
Heico
3.3537 of 5 stars
$322.26
+0.5%
$346.09
+7.4%
+17.7%$44.64B$3.86B70.5210,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
TDY
Teledyne Technologies
3.8134 of 5 stars
$593.52
+1.0%
$576.57
-2.9%
+25.3%$27.55B$5.67B32.6814,900
CW
Curtiss-Wright
3.9145 of 5 stars
$553.88
+3.0%
$468.14
-15.5%
+58.7%$20.27B$3.12B46.748,800

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This page (NYSE:UTX) was last updated on 10/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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