General Dynamics (GD) Competitors

General Dynamics (NYSE:GD) and Honeywell International (NASDAQ:HON) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.

Do analysts recommend GD or HON?

General Dynamics presently has a consensus price target of $314.88, indicating a potential upside of 19.43%. Honeywell International has a consensus price target of $249.57, indicating a potential upside of 9.31%. Given General Dynamics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe General Dynamics is more favorable than Honeywell International.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
General Dynamics	1 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.47
Honeywell International	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.47

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of GD or HON?

86.1% of General Dynamics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Honeywell International shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of General Dynamics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Honeywell International shares are owned by 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, GD or HON?

General Dynamics has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its stock price is 41% less 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.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, GD or HON?

Honeywell International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than General Dynamics. General Dynamics 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
General Dynamics	$46.05B	1.57	$3.32B	$13.13	20.08
Honeywell International	$37.85B	3.92	$5.66B	$8.66	26.36

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GD or HON?

Honeywell International received 246 more outperform votes than General Dynamics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.61% of users gave Honeywell International an outperform vote while only 69.04% of users gave General Dynamics an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
General Dynamics	Outperform Votes 950 69.04%	Underperform Votes 426 30.96%
Honeywell International	Outperform Votes 1196 74.61%	Underperform Votes 407 25.39%

Is GD or HON more profitable?

Honeywell International has a net margin of 15.02% compared to General Dynamics' net margin of 7.90%. Honeywell International's return on equity of 37.77% beat General Dynamics' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
General Dynamics	7.90%	16.59%	6.53%
Honeywell International	15.02%	37.77%	9.65%

Is GD or HON a better dividend stock?

General Dynamics pays an annual dividend of $5.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Honeywell International pays an annual dividend of $4.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. General Dynamics pays out 43.3% 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. General Dynamics is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer GD or HON?

In the previous week, Honeywell International had 1 more articles in the media than General Dynamics. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Honeywell International and 27 mentions for General Dynamics. General Dynamics' average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Honeywell International's score of 0.68 indicating that General Dynamics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
General Dynamics	14 Very Positive mention(s)	10 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Honeywell International	10 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	14 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Honeywell International beats General Dynamics on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.