TDG vs. HON, BA, LMT, GD, NOC, HEI, TDY, TXT, CW, and HII
Should you be buying TransDigm Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TransDigm Group include Honeywell International (HON), Boeing (BA), Lockheed Martin (LMT), General Dynamics (GD), Northrop Grumman (NOC), 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.
TransDigm Group vs.
TransDigm Group (NYSE:TDG) and Honeywell International (NASDAQ:HON) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.
95.8% of TransDigm Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Honeywell International shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of TransDigm Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Honeywell International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
TransDigm Group presently has a consensus target price of $1,472.47, suggesting a potential upside of 7.07%. Honeywell International has a consensus target price of $249.38, suggesting a potential upside of 18.17%. Given Honeywell International's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Honeywell International is more favorable than TransDigm Group.
Honeywell International has higher revenue and earnings than TransDigm Group. Honeywell International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TransDigm Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Honeywell International had 8 more articles in the media than TransDigm Group. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Honeywell International and 31 mentions for TransDigm Group. Honeywell International's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat TransDigm Group's score of 1.40 indicating that Honeywell International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Honeywell International received 390 more outperform votes than TransDigm Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.41% of users gave Honeywell International an outperform vote while only 68.21% of users gave TransDigm Group an outperform vote.
TransDigm Group has a net margin of 20.76% compared to Honeywell International's net margin of 14.82%. Honeywell International's return on equity of 35.78% beat TransDigm Group's return on equity.
TransDigm Group has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Honeywell International has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Honeywell International beats TransDigm Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:TDG) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
