United Technologies (UTX) Competitors

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

Is UTX or GE more profitable?

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 Technologies	7.19%	16.60%	5.14%
GE Aerospace	18.64%	31.32%	4.86%

Do analysts prefer UTX or GE?

GE Aerospace has a consensus price target of $232.92, indicating a potential downside of 17.31%. Given GE Aerospace's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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)	1 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.91

Which has more risk and volatility, UTX or GE?

United Technologies has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GE Aerospace has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer UTX or GE?

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 1.27 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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of UTX or GE?

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

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, UTX or GE?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
United Technologies	$77.05B	1.75	$5.54B	$8.26	18.87
GE Aerospace	$41.61B	7.18	$6.56B	$7.17	39.28

Is UTX or GE a better dividend stock?

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.

Summary

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