BA vs. RR, FERG, EXPN, AHT, REL, RTO, QQ, GEC, CHG, and SNR Should you be buying BAE Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BAE Systems include Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (RR), Ferguson (FERG), Experian (EXPN), Ashtead Group (AHT), Relx (REL), Rentokil Initial (RTO), QinetiQ Group (QQ), General Electric (GEC), Chemring Group (CHG), and Senior (SNR). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (LON:RR ) and BAE Systems (LON:BA ) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.
Is RR or BA a better dividend stock?
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. BAE Systems pays an annual dividend of GBX 30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Rolls-Royce Holdings plc pays out 4,137.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BAE Systems pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Rolls-Royce Holdings plc is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Which has more risk and volatility, RR or BA?
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc has a beta of 1.77, meaning that its share price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BAE Systems has a beta of 0.36, meaning that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Does the media refer more to RR or BA?
In the previous week, BAE Systems had 4 more articles in the media than Rolls-Royce Holdings plc. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for BAE Systems and 3 mentions for Rolls-Royce Holdings plc. Rolls-Royce Holdings plc's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat BAE Systems' score of 0.51 indicating that BAE Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Does the MarketBeat Community favor RR or BA?
BAE Systems received 29 more outperform votes than Rolls-Royce Holdings plc when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.00% of users gave BAE Systems an outperform vote while only 42.86% of users gave Rolls-Royce Holdings plc an outperform vote.
Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in RR or BA?
64.0% of Rolls-Royce Holdings plc shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.2% of BAE Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Rolls-Royce Holdings plc shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of BAE Systems 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.
Is RR or BA more profitable?
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc has a net margin of 14.63% compared to Rolls-Royce Holdings plc's net margin of 8.05%. Rolls-Royce Holdings plc's return on equity of 17.54% beat BAE Systems' return on equity.
Do analysts rate RR or BA?
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc currently has a consensus target price of GBX 342.20, suggesting a potential downside of 18.15%. BAE Systems has a consensus target price of GBX 1,335, suggesting a potential downside of 1.95%. Given Rolls-Royce Holdings plc's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe BAE Systems is more favorable than Rolls-Royce Holdings plc.
Which has stronger earnings & valuation, RR or BA?
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BAE Systems. Rolls-Royce Holdings plc is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BAE Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary BAE Systems beats Rolls-Royce Holdings plc on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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