UTX vs. HON, LMT, BA, TDG, GD, NOC, 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), TransDigm Group (TDG), General Dynamics (GD), Northrop Grumman (NOC), HEICO (HEI), Teledyne Technologies (TDY), Textron (TXT), and Curtiss-Wright (CW). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.
United Technologies vs.
Honeywell International (NASDAQ:HON) and United Technologies (NYSE:UTX) are both large-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.
75.9% of Honeywell International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.7% of United Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Honeywell International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of United Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Honeywell International has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Technologies has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Honeywell International received 284 more outperform votes than United Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.12% of users gave United Technologies an outperform vote while only 74.52% of users gave Honeywell International an outperform vote.
Honeywell International has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
Honeywell International currently has a consensus price target of $248.29, suggesting a potential upside of 11.55%. Given Honeywell International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Honeywell International is more favorable than United Technologies.
In the previous week, Honeywell International had 55 more articles in the media than United Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 55 mentions for Honeywell International and 0 mentions for United Technologies. Honeywell International's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat United Technologies' score of 0.00 indicating that Honeywell International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Honeywell International pays an annual dividend of $4.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. United Technologies pays an annual dividend of $2.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Honeywell International pays out 52.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. United Technologies pays out 35.6% 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 increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. United Technologies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Honeywell International beats United Technologies on 16 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:UTX) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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