BA vs. LMT, GD, RTX, TDG, NOC, LHX, HEI, AVAV, EVEX, and ACHR
Should you be buying Boeing stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Boeing include Lockheed Martin (LMT), General Dynamics (GD), RTX (RTX), TransDigm Group (TDG), Northrop Grumman (NOC), L3Harris Technologies (LHX), HEICO (HEI), AeroVironment (AVAV), EVE (EVEX), and Archer Aviation (ACHR). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
Boeing (NYSE:BA) and Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
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.
64.8% of Boeing shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.2% of Lockheed Martin shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Boeing shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Lockheed Martin shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Boeing had 97 more articles in the media than Lockheed Martin. MarketBeat recorded 114 mentions for Boeing and 17 mentions for Lockheed Martin. Lockheed Martin's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Boeing's score of -0.06 indicating that Lockheed Martin is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Boeing received 1249 more outperform votes than Lockheed Martin when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.05% of users gave Boeing an outperform vote while only 58.87% of users gave Lockheed Martin an outperform vote.
Boeing currently has a consensus target price of $222.41, suggesting a potential upside of 24.59%. Lockheed Martin has a consensus target price of $485.40, suggesting a potential upside of 3.52%. Given Boeing's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Boeing is more favorable than Lockheed Martin.
Lockheed Martin has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Boeing has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lockheed Martin has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Lockheed Martin beats Boeing on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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