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United Technologies (UTX) Competitors

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UTX vs. HON, LMT, BA, GD, NOC, TDG, HEI, TDY, TXT, and CW

Should you be buying United Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Technologies include Honeywell International (HON), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Boeing (BA), General Dynamics (GD), Northrop Grumman (NOC), TransDigm Group (TDG), HEICO (HEI), Teledyne Technologies (TDY), Textron (TXT), and Curtiss-Wright (CW). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.

United Technologies vs.

United Technologies (NYSE:UTX) and Honeywell International (NASDAQ:HON) are both large-cap conglomerates companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and community ranking.

United Technologies pays an annual dividend of $2.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Honeywell International pays an annual dividend of $4.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. United Technologies pays out 35.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Honeywell International pays out 52.2% 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. United Technologies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Honeywell International has a consensus price target of $241.45, indicating a potential upside of 5.39%. Given Honeywell International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Honeywell International is more favorable than United Technologies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
United Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Honeywell International
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.31

Honeywell International has a net margin of 15.02% compared to United Technologies' net margin of 7.19%. Honeywell International's return on equity of 37.77% beat United Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
United Technologies7.19% 16.60% 5.14%
Honeywell International 15.02%37.77%9.65%

Honeywell International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than United Technologies. United Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Honeywell International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
United Technologies$77.05B1.36$5.54B$8.2614.62
Honeywell International$36.66B4.06$5.66B$8.6626.46

United Technologies has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Honeywell International has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Honeywell International had 48 more articles in the media than United Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for Honeywell International and 0 mentions for United Technologies. Honeywell International's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat United Technologies' score of 0.00 indicating that Honeywell International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
United Technologies Neutral
Honeywell International Positive

81.7% of United Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Honeywell International shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of United Technologies 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 will outperform the market over the long term.

Honeywell International received 275 more outperform votes than United Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.12% of users gave United Technologies an outperform vote while only 74.65% of users gave Honeywell International an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
United TechnologiesOutperform Votes
915
75.12%
Underperform Votes
303
24.88%
Honeywell InternationalOutperform Votes
1190
74.65%
Underperform Votes
404
25.35%

Summary

Honeywell International beats United Technologies on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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UTX vs. The Competition

MetricUnited TechnologiesAircraft Engines & Engine Parts IndustryConglomerates SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$104.61B$59.71B$22.08B$20.17B
Dividend Yield3.42%1.39%2.79%3.50%
P/E Ratio18.8434.573.4443.99
Price / Sales1.364.270.6217.76
Price / Cash6.8032.1549.8121.29
Price / Book2.365.140.414.71
Net Income$5.54B$1.85B$2.36B$986.85M

United Technologies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UTX
United Technologies
N/A$120.77
+0.2%
N/A+51.3%$104.61B$77.05B18.84243,200
HON
Honeywell International
4.4043 of 5 stars
$225.79
-0.4%
$241.45
+6.9%
+19.1%$146.82B$36.66B26.0795,000Positive News
LMT
Lockheed Martin
4.7301 of 5 stars
$542.89
+1.5%
$611.00
+12.5%
+20.4%$128.69B$67.57B19.66122,000Positive News
BA
Boeing
3.9379 of 5 stars
$143.83
-1.5%
$190.37
+32.4%
-32.1%$90.31B$73.29B-11.15171,000
GD
General Dynamics
4.8973 of 5 stars
$279.70
-0.1%
$323.69
+15.7%
+13.9%$76.91B$42.27B21.30111,600Positive News
NOC
Northrop Grumman
4.8481 of 5 stars
$496.41
+0.9%
$550.56
+10.9%
+5.4%$72.33B$39.29B30.76101,000Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
TDG
TransDigm Group
3.8535 of 5 stars
$1,240.13
-4.1%
$1,461.82
+17.9%
+29.9%$69.73B$7.94B48.4416,600News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
HEI
HEICO
3.6712 of 5 stars
$277.35
0.0%
$270.70
-2.4%
+60.8%$38.44B$2.97B81.339,600News Coverage
TDY
Teledyne Technologies
3.9685 of 5 stars
$480.22
+2.1%
$517.50
+7.8%
+22.3%$22.38B$5.64B23.7814,900
TXT
Textron
4.1668 of 5 stars
$83.96
+2.6%
$101.56
+21.0%
+9.4%$15.58B$13.68B18.4535,000
CW
Curtiss-Wright
3.5318 of 5 stars
$367.75
+1.7%
$364.40
-0.9%
+73.3%$13.96B$3.08B34.798,600Analyst Revision

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This page (NYSE:UTX) was last updated on 11/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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