BA vs. HON, LMT, GD, TDG, NOC, HEI, TDY, TXT, CW, and HII
Should you be buying Boeing stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Boeing include Honeywell International (HON), Lockheed Martin (LMT), General Dynamics (GD), TransDigm Group (TDG), 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.
Boeing vs.
Boeing (NYSE:BA) and Honeywell International (NASDAQ:HON) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, profitability and risk.
In the previous week, Boeing had 17 more articles in the media than Honeywell International. MarketBeat recorded 73 mentions for Boeing and 56 mentions for Honeywell International. Honeywell International's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Boeing's score of 0.68 indicating that Honeywell International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Boeing has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Honeywell International has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Boeing currently has a consensus target price of $192.21, indicating a potential upside of 12.32%. Honeywell International has a consensus target price of $248.29, indicating a potential upside of 11.55%. Given Boeing's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Boeing is more favorable than Honeywell International.
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.
Boeing pays an annual dividend of $8.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Honeywell International pays an annual dividend of $4.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Boeing pays out -63.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Honeywell International pays out 52.2% 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.
Boeing received 839 more outperform votes than Honeywell International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.52% of users gave Honeywell International an outperform vote while only 70.06% of users gave Boeing an outperform vote.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Honeywell International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Summary
Honeywell International beats Boeing on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BA) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
