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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. Its Competitors

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

GE Aerospace currently has a consensus price target of $223.75, indicating a potential downside of 12.42%. Given GE Aerospace's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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)
1 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.91
United Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

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

GE Aerospace has a net margin of 17.63% compared to United Technologies' net margin of 7.19%. GE Aerospace's return on equity of 29.15% beat United Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
GE Aerospace17.63% 29.15% 4.51%
United Technologies 7.19%16.60%5.14%

GE Aerospace has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% 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.

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$38.70B7.04$6.56B$6.4339.73
United Technologies$77.05B1.65$5.54B$8.2617.78

In the previous week, GE Aerospace had 69 more articles in the media than United Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 69 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 media.

Company Overall Sentiment
GE Aerospace Positive
United Technologies Neutral

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 2.0%. 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.

Summary

GE Aerospace beats United Technologies on 13 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$127.21B$30.66M$14.03B$20.65B
Dividend Yield3.42%N/A3.98%3.72%
P/E Ratio22.91N/A7.3127.84
Price / Sales1.650.373.4442.29
Price / Cash6.80N/A31.9322.32
Price / Book2.870.912.074.57
Net Income$5.54B-$5.38M$922.19M$989.30M

United Technologies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UTX
United Technologies
N/A$146.87
+0.3%
N/A+45.0%$127.21B$77.05B22.91243,200
GE
GE Aerospace
4.2784 of 5 stars
$248.91
+0.8%
$223.75
-10.1%
+60.7%$263.27B$38.70B47.8553,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
BA
Boeing
3.2268 of 5 stars
$218.42
+1.2%
$215.77
-1.2%
+24.3%$162.80B$66.52B0.00172,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
HON
Honeywell International
4.2805 of 5 stars
$239.35
-0.4%
$250.29
+4.6%
+9.7%$154.50B$38.50B23.92102,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
LMT
Lockheed Martin
4.7411 of 5 stars
$468.94
+1.4%
$541.80
+15.5%
+0.8%$108.37B$71.04B16.00121,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
TDG
Transdigm Group
3.5035 of 5 stars
$1,522.50
0.0%
$1,545.80
+1.5%
+24.0%$85.54B$7.94B45.3116,600News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
GD
General Dynamics
4.8297 of 5 stars
$294.91
+0.1%
$290.24
-1.6%
+6.4%$79.11B$47.72B20.44117,000Positive News
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NOC
Northrop Grumman
4.344 of 5 stars
$507.96
+0.7%
$552.54
+8.8%
+19.1%$72.57B$41.03B19.5397,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
HEI
Heico
2.6294 of 5 stars
$325.68
+0.3%
$292.36
-10.2%
+39.0%$45.16B$3.86B75.8610,000Analyst Forecast
TDY
Teledyne Technologies
3.1823 of 5 stars
$514.81
-0.6%
$554.43
+7.7%
+34.6%$24.27B$5.67B25.7014,900News Coverage
Positive News
CW
Curtiss-Wright
3.5761 of 5 stars
$491.48
+0.7%
$418.00
-15.0%
+69.4%$18.38B$3.12B41.608,800Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:UTX) was last updated on 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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