NOC vs. HON, LMT, BA, GD, TDG, HEI, TDY, TXT, CW, and HII
Should you be buying Northrop Grumman stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Northrop Grumman include Honeywell International (HON), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Boeing (BA), General Dynamics (GD), TransDigm Group (TDG), 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.
Northrop Grumman vs.
Honeywell International (NASDAQ:HON) and Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) are both large-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, dividends, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Honeywell International has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northrop Grumman has a beta of 0.35, indicating that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Honeywell International had 30 more articles in the media than Northrop Grumman. MarketBeat recorded 55 mentions for Honeywell International and 25 mentions for Northrop Grumman. Northrop Grumman's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Honeywell International's score of 1.05 indicating that Northrop Grumman is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
75.9% of Honeywell International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.4% of Northrop Grumman shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Honeywell International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Northrop Grumman shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Honeywell International currently has a consensus target price of $248.29, indicating a potential upside of 11.55%. Northrop Grumman has a consensus target price of $550.94, indicating a potential upside of 14.19%. Given Northrop Grumman's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Northrop Grumman is more favorable than Honeywell International.
Honeywell International pays an annual dividend of $4.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Northrop Grumman pays an annual dividend of $8.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Honeywell International pays out 52.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Northrop Grumman pays out 51.1% 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 and Northrop Grumman has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years.
Honeywell International received 532 more outperform votes than Northrop Grumman when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.52% of users gave Honeywell International an outperform vote while only 61.99% of users gave Northrop Grumman an outperform vote.
Honeywell International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Northrop Grumman. Honeywell International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northrop Grumman, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Honeywell International has a net margin of 15.02% compared to Northrop Grumman's net margin of 5.79%. Honeywell International's return on equity of 37.77% beat Northrop Grumman's return on equity.
Summary
Honeywell International beats Northrop Grumman on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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