LMT vs. BA, RTX, GD, TDG, NOC, LHX, HEI, KTOS, RKLB, and KAMN
Should you be buying Lockheed Martin stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lockheed Martin include Boeing (BA), RTX (RTX), General Dynamics (GD), TransDigm Group (TDG), Northrop Grumman (NOC), L3Harris Technologies (LHX), HEICO (HEI), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS), Rocket Lab USA (RKLB), and Kaman (KAMN). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) and Boeing (NYSE:BA) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.
74.2% of Lockheed Martin shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.8% of Boeing shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Lockheed Martin shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Boeing shares are held 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.
Boeing received 1251 more outperform votes than Lockheed Martin when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.07% of users gave Boeing an outperform vote while only 58.87% of users gave Lockheed Martin an outperform vote.
Lockheed Martin has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boeing has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lockheed Martin has a net margin of 9.73% compared to Boeing's net margin of -2.81%. Lockheed Martin's return on equity of 85.96% beat Boeing's return on equity.
In the previous week, Boeing had 66 more articles in the media than Lockheed Martin. MarketBeat recorded 111 mentions for Boeing and 45 mentions for Lockheed Martin. Lockheed Martin's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Boeing's score of -0.35 indicating that Lockheed Martin is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Lockheed Martin currently has a consensus price target of $485.40, suggesting a potential upside of 4.12%. Boeing has a consensus price target of $221.24, suggesting a potential upside of 19.62%. Given Boeing's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Boeing is more favorable than Lockheed Martin.
Lockheed Martin has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Boeing. Boeing is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lockheed Martin, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Lockheed Martin beats Boeing on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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