RTX (RTX) Competitors

RTX (NYSE:RTX) and Elbit Systems (NASDAQ:ESLT) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts prefer RTX or ESLT?

RTX currently has a consensus target price of $165.27, suggesting a potential upside of 28.52%. Given RTX's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe RTX is more favorable than Elbit Systems.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
RTX	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Elbit Systems	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is RTX or ESLT a better dividend stock?

RTX pays an annual dividend of $2.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Elbit Systems pays an annual dividend of $1.99 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. RTX pays out 71.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Elbit Systems pays out 27.7% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RTX or ESLT?

Elbit Systems received 183 more outperform votes than RTX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.98% of users gave Elbit Systems an outperform vote while only 57.44% of users gave RTX an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
RTX	Outperform Votes 139 57.44%	Underperform Votes 103 42.56%
Elbit Systems	Outperform Votes 322 65.98%	Underperform Votes 166 34.02%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in RTX or ESLT?

86.5% of RTX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.9% of Elbit Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of RTX shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Elbit Systems shares are owned 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.

Does the media prefer RTX or ESLT?

In the previous week, RTX had 67 more articles in the media than Elbit Systems. MarketBeat recorded 77 mentions for RTX and 10 mentions for Elbit Systems. Elbit Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat RTX's score of 0.51 indicating that Elbit Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
RTX	33 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	28 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Elbit Systems	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is RTX or ESLT more profitable?

RTX has a net margin of 5.91% compared to Elbit Systems' net margin of 4.00%. RTX's return on equity of 12.45% beat Elbit Systems' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
RTX	5.91%	12.45%	4.75%
Elbit Systems	4.00%	11.34%	3.31%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, RTX or ESLT?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
RTX	$80.74B	2.13	$4.77B	$3.55	36.22
Elbit Systems	$6.83B	2.63	$215.13M	$7.18	56.35

Which has more risk & volatility, RTX or ESLT?

RTX has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Elbit Systems has a beta of 0.32, suggesting that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

RTX beats Elbit Systems on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.