RTX vs. HON, HEI, TATT, SIF, LMT, BA, GD, TDG, NOC, and LHX
Should you be buying RTX stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RTX include Honeywell International (HON), HEICO (HEI), TAT Technologies (TATT), SIFCO Industries (SIF), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Boeing (BA), General Dynamics (GD), TransDigm Group (TDG), Northrop Grumman (NOC), and L3Harris Technologies (LHX).
Honeywell International (NASDAQ:HON) and RTX (NYSE:RTX) are both large-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and profitability.
Honeywell International has a net margin of 15.52% compared to Honeywell International's net margin of 4.90%. RTX's return on equity of 35.88% beat Honeywell International's return on equity.
Honeywell International received 1075 more outperform votes than RTX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.61% of users gave Honeywell International an outperform vote while only 55.79% of users gave RTX an outperform vote.
Honeywell International pays an annual dividend of $4.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. RTX pays an annual dividend of $2.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Honeywell International pays out 50.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RTX pays out 98.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Honeywell International has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years and RTX has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
In the previous week, RTX had 14 more articles in the media than Honeywell International. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for RTX and 12 mentions for Honeywell International. RTX's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Honeywell International's score of 0.38 indicating that Honeywell International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
75.9% of Honeywell International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.5% of RTX shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Honeywell International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of RTX shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Honeywell International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than RTX. Honeywell International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RTX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Honeywell International has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RTX has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Honeywell International presently has a consensus target price of $215.71, suggesting a potential upside of 6.69%. RTX has a consensus target price of $98.33, suggesting a potential downside of 8.79%. Given RTX's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Honeywell International is more favorable than RTX.
Summary
Honeywell International beats RTX on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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