RTX vs. ESLT, ERJ, LOAR, JOBY, ACHR, EVEX, DCO, EH, TATT, and EVTL
Should you be buying RTX stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RTX include Elbit Systems (ESLT), Embraer (ERJ), Loar (LOAR), Joby Aviation (JOBY), Archer Aviation (ACHR), EVE (EVEX), Ducommun (DCO), EHang (EH), TAT Technologies (TATT), and Vertical Aerospace (EVTL). These companies are all part of the "aircraft" industry.
RTX vs.
Elbit Systems (NASDAQ:ESLT) and RTX (NYSE:RTX) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, risk and media sentiment.
RTX has a net margin of 5.97% compared to Elbit Systems' net margin of 4.00%. RTX's return on equity of 11.96% beat Elbit Systems' return on equity.
17.9% of Elbit Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.5% of RTX shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Elbit Systems shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of RTX shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
RTX has higher revenue and earnings than Elbit Systems. RTX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Elbit Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Elbit Systems received 198 more outperform votes than RTX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.91% of users gave Elbit Systems an outperform vote while only 55.41% of users gave RTX an outperform vote.
Elbit Systems has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RTX has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Elbit Systems pays an annual dividend of $1.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. RTX pays an annual dividend of $2.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Elbit Systems pays out 28.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RTX pays out 72.0% 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.
In the previous week, RTX had 57 more articles in the media than Elbit Systems. MarketBeat recorded 59 mentions for RTX and 2 mentions for Elbit Systems. RTX's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Elbit Systems' score of 0.04 indicating that RTX is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
RTX has a consensus price target of $156.87, indicating a potential upside of 29.33%. Given RTX's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe RTX is more favorable than Elbit Systems.
Summary
RTX beats Elbit Systems on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:RTX) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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