HON vs. BA, LMT, TDG, GD, NOC, HEI, TDY, TXT, CW, and HII
Should you be buying Honeywell International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Honeywell International include Boeing (BA), Lockheed Martin (LMT), TransDigm Group (TDG), General Dynamics (GD), 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.
Honeywell International vs.
Boeing (NYSE:BA) and Honeywell International (NASDAQ:HON) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Boeing has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Honeywell International has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Honeywell International has a net margin of 14.82% compared to Boeing's net margin of -17.76%. Honeywell International's return on equity of 35.78% beat Boeing's return on equity.
Honeywell International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Boeing. Boeing is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Honeywell International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Boeing had 43 more articles in the media than Honeywell International. MarketBeat recorded 97 mentions for Boeing and 54 mentions for Honeywell International. Honeywell International's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Boeing's score of 0.92 indicating that Honeywell International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Boeing received 843 more outperform votes than Honeywell International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.41% of users gave Honeywell International an outperform vote while only 70.10% of users gave Boeing an outperform vote.
Boeing presently has a consensus target price of $195.16, suggesting a potential upside of 10.05%. Honeywell International has a consensus target price of $248.71, suggesting a potential upside of 17.35%. Given Honeywell International's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Honeywell International is more favorable than Boeing.
64.8% of Boeing shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Honeywell International shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Boeing 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, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Honeywell International beats Boeing on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HON) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
