Boeing (BA) Competitors

Honeywell International (NASDAQ:HON) and Boeing (NYSE:BA) are both large-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HON or BA?

Boeing received 840 more outperform votes than Honeywell International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.61% of users gave Honeywell International an outperform vote while only 70.04% of users gave Boeing an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Honeywell International	Outperform Votes 1196 74.61%	Underperform Votes 407 25.39%
Boeing	Outperform Votes 2036 70.04%	Underperform Votes 871 29.96%

Is HON or BA more profitable?

Honeywell International has a net margin of 15.02% compared to Boeing's net margin of -10.88%. Honeywell International's return on equity of 37.77% beat Boeing's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Honeywell International	15.02%	37.77%	9.65%
Boeing	-10.88%	N/A	-6.69%

Do analysts prefer HON or BA?

Honeywell International currently has a consensus target price of $249.57, suggesting a potential upside of 9.31%. Boeing has a consensus target price of $190.11, suggesting a potential upside of 7.19%. Given Honeywell International's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Honeywell International is more favorable than Boeing.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Honeywell International	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.47
Boeing	1 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.54

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of HON or BA?

75.9% of Honeywell International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.8% of Boeing shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Honeywell International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Boeing shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is HON or BA a better dividend stock?

Honeywell International pays an annual dividend of $4.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Boeing pays an annual dividend of $8.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Honeywell International pays out 52.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Boeing pays out -63.7% 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 14 consecutive years. Boeing is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk and volatility, HON or BA?

Honeywell International has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boeing has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, HON or BA?

Honeywell International has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Honeywell International	$37.85B	3.92	$5.66B	$8.66	26.36
Boeing	$73.29B	1.50	-$2.22B	-$12.90	-13.75

Does the media prefer HON or BA?

In the previous week, Boeing had 31 more articles in the media than Honeywell International. MarketBeat recorded 60 mentions for Boeing and 29 mentions for Honeywell International. Honeywell International's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Boeing's score of 0.51 indicating that Honeywell International is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Honeywell International	10 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Boeing	23 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	22 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Honeywell International beats Boeing on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.