TDG vs. HON, LMT, BA, 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), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Boeing (BA), 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 (NYSE:TDG) and Honeywell International (NASDAQ:HON) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk and profitability.
In the previous week, TransDigm Group had 9 more articles in the media than Honeywell International. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for TransDigm Group and 12 mentions for Honeywell International. Honeywell International's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat TransDigm Group's score of 0.64 indicating that Honeywell International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
TransDigm Group presently has a consensus target price of $1,363.38, suggesting a potential upside of 3.14%. Honeywell International has a consensus target price of $215.71, suggesting a potential upside of 7.37%. Given Honeywell International's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Honeywell International is more favorable than TransDigm Group.
TransDigm Group has a net margin of 21.22% compared to Honeywell International's net margin of 15.52%. Honeywell International's return on equity of 35.88% beat TransDigm Group's return on equity.
TransDigm Group has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Honeywell International has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Honeywell International received 385 more outperform votes than TransDigm Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.61% of users gave Honeywell International an outperform vote while only 68.56% of users gave TransDigm Group an outperform vote.
95.8% of TransDigm Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Honeywell International shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.0% of TransDigm Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Honeywell International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
TransDigm Group beats Honeywell International on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding TDG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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