GD vs. HON, LMT, BA, TDG, NOC, HEI, TDY, TXT, CW, and HII
Should you be buying General Dynamics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of General Dynamics include Honeywell International (HON), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Boeing (BA), TransDigm Group (TDG), Northrop Grumman (NOC), HEICO (HEI), Teledyne Technologies (TDY), Textron (TXT), Curtiss-Wright (CW), and Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.
General Dynamics (NYSE:GD) and Honeywell International (NASDAQ:HON) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
General Dynamics pays an annual dividend of $5.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Honeywell International pays an annual dividend of $4.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. General Dynamics pays out 46.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Honeywell International pays out 50.1% 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.
Honeywell International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than General Dynamics. Honeywell International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than General Dynamics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
86.1% of General Dynamics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Honeywell International shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of General Dynamics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Honeywell International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, General Dynamics had 3 more articles in the media than Honeywell International. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for General Dynamics and 10 mentions for Honeywell International. General Dynamics' average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Honeywell International's score of 0.90 indicating that General Dynamics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Honeywell International received 245 more outperform votes than General Dynamics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.61% of users gave Honeywell International an outperform vote while only 69.49% of users gave General Dynamics an outperform vote.
General Dynamics presently has a consensus price target of $300.63, indicating a potential upside of 0.29%. Honeywell International has a consensus price target of $215.71, indicating a potential upside of 6.69%. Given Honeywell International's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Honeywell International is more favorable than General Dynamics.
Honeywell International has a net margin of 15.52% compared to General Dynamics' net margin of 7.85%. Honeywell International's return on equity of 35.88% beat General Dynamics' return on equity.
General Dynamics has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Honeywell International has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
General Dynamics and Honeywell International tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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