NOC vs. HON, LMT, BA, GD, TDG, HEI, TDY, TXT, CW, and HII
Should you be buying Northrop Grumman stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Northrop Grumman include Honeywell International (HON), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Boeing (BA), General Dynamics (GD), TransDigm Group (TDG), 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.
Honeywell International (NASDAQ:HON) and Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) are both large-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, profitability and dividends.
In the previous week, Honeywell International and Honeywell International both had 14 articles in the media. Northrop Grumman's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Honeywell International's score of 0.70 indicating that Honeywell International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
75.9% of Honeywell International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.4% of Northrop Grumman shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Honeywell International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Northrop Grumman shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Honeywell International has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northrop Grumman has a beta of 0.34, suggesting that its share price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Honeywell International has a net margin of 15.52% compared to Honeywell International's net margin of 5.38%. Northrop Grumman's return on equity of 35.88% beat Honeywell International's return on equity.
Honeywell International pays an annual dividend of $4.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Northrop Grumman pays an annual dividend of $8.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Honeywell International pays out 50.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Northrop Grumman pays out 57.6% 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. Honeywell International has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Northrop Grumman has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years. Honeywell International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Honeywell International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Northrop Grumman. Honeywell International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northrop Grumman, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Honeywell International currently has a consensus price target of $215.71, suggesting a potential upside of 9.46%. Northrop Grumman has a consensus price target of $514.33, suggesting a potential upside of 15.17%. Given Honeywell International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Northrop Grumman is more favorable than Honeywell International.
Honeywell International received 534 more outperform votes than Northrop Grumman when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.61% of users gave Honeywell International an outperform vote while only 62.33% of users gave Northrop Grumman an outperform vote.
Summary
Honeywell International beats Northrop Grumman on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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